diff --git a/Makefile.Defines b/Makefile.Defines
index 1fdf74d45..4bb4e55a8 100644
--- a/Makefile.Defines
+++ b/Makefile.Defines
@@ -50,14 +50,24 @@ ADVIXE_FLAGS = -g -O2 -qopt-report=5 -vec -shared-intel -ldl -debug inline-debug
 
 STRICTREAL = -fp-model=precise -prec-div -prec-sqrt -assume protect-parens 
 SIMDVEC = -simd -xhost -align all -assume contiguous_assumed_shape -vecabi=cmdtarget -fp-model no-except -fma
-PAR = -qopenmp -parallel  
+PAR = -qopenmp -parallel
+HEAPARR = -heap-arrays 4194304 
+OPTREPORT = -qopt-report=5 
+IPRODUCTION = -no-wrap-margin -O3 -qopt-prefetch=0 -sox $(PAR) $(SIMDVEC) #$(HEAPARR)
+
+#gfortran flags
+GDEBUG = -g -Og -fbacktrace -fbounds-check -ffree-line-length-none
+GPAR = -fopenmp -ftree-parallelize-loops=4
+GMEM =  -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope -fstack-check  -fsanitize=bounds-strict -fsanitize=undefined -fsanitize=signed-integer-overflow -fsanitize=object-size -fstack-protector-all
+GWARNINGS = -Wall -Warray-bounds  -Wimplicit-interface -Wextra -Warray-temporaries
+GPRODUCTION = -O3 -ffree-line-length-none $(GPAR)
 
 MKL_ROOT = /apps/spack/bell/apps/intel-parallel-studio/cluster.2019.5-intel-19.0.5-4brgqlf/mkl/lib
 IMKL = -I$(MKLROOT)/include
 LMKL = -L$(MKLROOT)/lib/intel64 -qopt-matmul 
 
-FSTRICTFLAGS = $(ADVIXE_FLAGS) $(STRICTREAL) $(SIMDVEC) $(PAR)
-FFLAGS = $(ADVIXE_FLAGS) -fp-model=fast $(SIMDVEC) $(PAR)
+FSTRICTFLAGS = $(IPRODUCTION) $(STRICTREAL)
+FFLAGS = $(IPRODUCTION) -fp-model=fast
 FORTRAN = ifort
 AR     = xiar
 CC    = icc
diff --git a/src/io/io.f90 b/src/io/io.f90
index 62e77e38b..ebdd68531 100644
--- a/src/io/io.f90
+++ b/src/io/io.f90
@@ -2151,7 +2151,6 @@ module subroutine io_write_frame_system(self, param)
                   errmsg = param%outfile // " not found! You must specify OUT_STAT = NEW, REPLACE, or UNKNOWN"
                   goto 667
                end if
-               call param%nciu%open(param)
             case('NEW')
                if (fileExists) then
                   errmsg = param%outfile // " Alread Exists! You must specify OUT_STAT = APPEND, REPLACE, or UNKNOWN"