diff --git a/src/Species/SpeciesFactory.h b/src/Species/SpeciesFactory.h
index aa716d524..81f03dbf7 100644
--- a/src/Species/SpeciesFactory.h
+++ b/src/Species/SpeciesFactory.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class SpeciesFactory {
         std::string species_type("");
         
         PyTools::extract("species_type",species_type,"Species",ispec);
+        if (patch->isMaster()) MESSAGE(1, "Creating Species : " << species_type );
+        
         
         unsigned int tot_species_number = PyTools::nComponents("Species");
         if(species_type.empty()) {
@@ -342,8 +344,6 @@ class SpeciesFactory {
         std::vector<Species*> retSpecies;
         retSpecies.resize(0);
         
-        if (patch->isMaster()) MESSAGE(1, "Creating Species :" );
-        
         // read from python namelist
         unsigned int tot_species_number = PyTools::nComponents("Species");
         for (unsigned int ispec = 0; ispec < tot_species_number; ispec++) {