diff --git a/compiler/openram.py b/compiler/openram.py
index ba344262..1bfbb125 100755
--- a/compiler/openram.py
+++ b/compiler/openram.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import re
 import importlib
 import globals
 
+global OPTS
+
+(OPTS, args) = globals.parse_args()
+
 # These depend on arguments, so don't load them until now.
 import debug
 
@@ -30,11 +34,11 @@ if len(args) < 1:
     print globals.USAGE
     sys.exit(2)
         
-globals.init_openram(args[0])
-
 if OPTS.print_banner:
     print globals.BANNER
 
+globals.init_openram(args[0])
+
 # Check if all arguments are integers for bits, size, banks
 if type(OPTS.config.word_size)!=int:
     debug.error("{0} is not an integer in config file.".format(OPTS.config.word_size))