diff --git a/src/DAMASK_marc.f90 b/src/DAMASK_marc.f90
index 09c4eef43..7789fc58c 100644
--- a/src/DAMASK_marc.f90
+++ b/src/DAMASK_marc.f90
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ subroutine hypela2(d,g,e,de,s,t,dt,ngens,m,nn,kcus,matus,ndi,nshear,disp, &
   use prec
   use DAMASK_interface
   use numerics
+  use YAML_types
   use FEsolving
   use debug
   use discretization_marc
@@ -253,8 +254,19 @@ subroutine hypela2(d,g,e,de,s,t,dt,ngens,m,nn,kcus,matus,ndi,nshear,disp, &
     lastIncConverged  = .false., &                                                                  !< needs description
     outdatedByNewInc  = .false., &                                                                  !< needs description
     CPFEM_init_done   = .false.                                                                     !< remember whether init has been done already
+  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+    debug_Marc
 
-  if(debug_marc_basic) then
+  defaultNumThreadsInt = omp_get_num_threads()                                                      ! remember number of threads set by Marc
+  call omp_set_num_threads(1)                                                                       ! no openMP
+
+  if (.not. CPFEM_init_done) then
+    CPFEM_init_done = .true.
+    call CPFEM_initAll
+  endif
+
+  debug_Marc => debug_root%get('marc',defaultVal=emptyList)
+  if(debug_Marc%contains('basic')) then
     write(6,'(a,/,i8,i8,i2)') ' MSC.MARC information on shape of element(2), IP:', m, nn
     write(6,'(a,2(i1))')      ' Jacobian:                      ', ngens,ngens
     write(6,'(a,i1)')         ' Direct stress:                 ', ndi
@@ -269,13 +281,6 @@ subroutine hypela2(d,g,e,de,s,t,dt,ngens,m,nn,kcus,matus,ndi,nshear,disp, &
                                   transpose(ffn1)
   endif
 
-  defaultNumThreadsInt = omp_get_num_threads()                                                      ! remember number of threads set by Marc
-  call omp_set_num_threads(1)                                                                       ! no openMP
-
-  if (.not. CPFEM_init_done) then
-    CPFEM_init_done = .true.
-    call CPFEM_initAll
-  endif
 
   computationMode = 0                                                                               ! save initialization value, since it does not result in any calculation
   if (lovl == 4 ) then                                                                              ! jacobian requested by marc
diff --git a/src/debug.f90 b/src/debug.f90
index f83c80967..32fc8433a 100644
--- a/src/debug.f90
+++ b/src/debug.f90
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ module debug
   class(tNode), pointer, public :: &
     debug_root
 
-  logical, public :: &
-    debug_marc_basic  = .false. 
-
   public :: debug_init
 
 contains
@@ -33,8 +30,6 @@ subroutine debug_init
   character(len=:), allocatable :: &
     debug_input, &
     debug_inFlow
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
-    debug_Marc
   logical :: fexist 
 
   write(6,'(/,a)')   ' <<<+-  debug init  -+>>>'
@@ -48,8 +43,6 @@ subroutine debug_init
     debug_input  = IO_read('debug.yaml') 
     debug_inFlow = to_flow(debug_input)
     debug_root   => parse_flow(debug_inFlow,defaultVal=emptyDict)
-    debug_Marc   => debug_root%get('marc',defaultVal=emptyList)
-    debug_marc_basic = debug_Marc%contains('basic')
   endif fileExists
 
 end subroutine debug_init