diff --git a/xfibres_gpu.cc b/xfibres_gpu.cc
index 7a4e852ddef08aa5a79506ae5e4e5b074d49abaf..503444df4dd53b8b586233a60122a095edf0d4bd 100644
--- a/xfibres_gpu.cc
+++ b/xfibres_gpu.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	double time;
     	gettimeofday(&t1,NULL); 
 
+	init_gpu();
+
 	// Setup logging:
     	Log& logger = LogSingleton::getInstance();
     	xfibresOptions& opts = xfibresOptions::getInstance();