diff --git a/Hadrons/Modules.hpp b/Hadrons/Modules.hpp
index ec23f3c7..c6459b19 100644
--- a/Hadrons/Modules.hpp
+++ b/Hadrons/Modules.hpp
@@ -1,37 +1,3 @@
-/*************************************************************************************
-
-Grid physics library, www.github.com/paboyle/Grid 
-
-Source file: Hadrons/Modules.hpp
-
-Copyright (C) 2015-2018
-
-Author: Antonin Portelli <antonin.portelli@me.com>
-Author: Guido Cossu <guido.cossu@ed.ac.uk>
-Author: James Harrison <jch1g10@soton.ac.uk>
-Author: Lanny91 <andrew.lawson@gmail.com>
-Author: Peter Boyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
-Author: Vera Guelpers <vmg1n14@soton.ac.uk>
-Author: fionnoh <fionnoh@gmail.com>
-Author: pretidav <david.preti@csic.es>
-
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-
-See the full license in the file "LICENSE" in the top level distribution directory
-*************************************************************************************/
-/*  END LEGAL */
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MContraction/Baryon.hpp>
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MContraction/A2AMesonField.hpp>
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MContraction/A2AMesonFieldKernels.hpp>
@@ -92,5 +58,6 @@ See the full license in the file "LICENSE" in the top level distribution directo
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MScalarSUN/TrKinetic.hpp>
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadEigenPack.hpp>
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadNersc.hpp>
+#include <Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.hpp>
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCoarseEigenPack.hpp>
 #include <Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadBinary.hpp>
diff --git a/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.cc b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2e7486a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.hpp>
+
+using namespace Grid;
+using namespace Hadrons;
+using namespace MIO;
+
+template class Grid::Hadrons::MIO::TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<2>>;
+template class Grid::Hadrons::MIO::TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<3>>;
+template class Grid::Hadrons::MIO::TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<4>>;
+template class Grid::Hadrons::MIO::TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<5>>;
+template class Grid::Hadrons::MIO::TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<6>>;
diff --git a/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.hpp b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e89e278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#ifndef Hadrons_MIO_LoadCosmHol_hpp_
+#define Hadrons_MIO_LoadCosmHol_hpp_
+
+#include <Hadrons/Global.hpp>
+#include <Hadrons/Module.hpp>
+#include <Hadrons/ModuleFactory.hpp>
+
+BEGIN_HADRONS_NAMESPACE
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ *                    Load scalar SU(N) configurations                        *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+BEGIN_MODULE_NAMESPACE(MIO)
+
+class LoadCosmHolPar: Serializable
+{
+public:
+    GRID_SERIALIZABLE_CLASS_MEMBERS(LoadCosmHolPar,
+                                    std::string, file);
+};
+
+class ScalarActionParameters: Serializable 
+{
+public:
+    GRID_SERIALIZABLE_CLASS_MEMBERS(ScalarActionParameters,
+                                    double, mass_squared,
+                                    double, lambda,
+                                    double, g);
+};
+
+template <typename SImpl>
+class TLoadCosmHol: public Module<LoadCosmHolPar>
+{
+public:
+    typedef typename SImpl::Field Field;
+public:
+    // constructor
+    TLoadCosmHol(const std::string name);
+    // destructor
+    virtual ~TLoadCosmHol(void) {};
+    // dependency relation
+    virtual std::vector<std::string> getInput(void);
+    virtual std::vector<std::string> getOutput(void);
+    // setup
+    virtual void setup(void);
+    // execution
+    virtual void execute(void);
+};
+
+MODULE_REGISTER_TMP(LoadCosmHolSU2, TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<2>>, MIO);
+MODULE_REGISTER_TMP(LoadCosmHolSU3, TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<3>>, MIO);
+MODULE_REGISTER_TMP(LoadCosmHolSU4, TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<4>>, MIO);
+MODULE_REGISTER_TMP(LoadCosmHolSU5, TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<5>>, MIO);
+MODULE_REGISTER_TMP(LoadCosmHolSU6, TLoadCosmHol<ScalarNxNAdjImplR<6>>, MIO);
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ *                       TLoadCosmHol implementation                          *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+// constructor /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename SImpl>
+TLoadCosmHol<SImpl>::TLoadCosmHol(const std::string name)
+: Module<LoadCosmHolPar>(name)
+{}
+
+// dependencies/products ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename SImpl>
+std::vector<std::string> TLoadCosmHol<SImpl>::getInput(void)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> in;
+    
+    return in;
+}
+
+template <typename SImpl>
+std::vector<std::string> TLoadCosmHol<SImpl>::getOutput(void)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> out = {getName()};
+    
+    return out;
+}
+
+// setup ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename SImpl>
+void TLoadCosmHol<SImpl>::setup(void)
+{
+    envCreateLat(Field, getName());
+}
+
+// execution ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename SImpl>
+void TLoadCosmHol<SImpl>::execute(void)
+{
+    ScalarActionParameters    md;
+    std::string        filename = par().file + "."
+                                  + std::to_string(vm().getTrajectory());
+    ScidacReader       reader;
+    const unsigned int N    = SImpl::Group::Dimension;
+    auto               &phi = envGet(Field, getName());
+
+    LOG(Message) << "Loading CosmHol configuration from file '" << filename
+                 << "'" << std::endl;
+    reader.open(filename);
+    reader.readScidacFieldRecord(phi, md);
+    reader.close();
+    LOG(Message) << "tr(phi^2) = " 
+                 << -TensorRemove(sum(trace(phi*phi))).real()/env().getVolume() 
+                 << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "Configuration parameters:" << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "     N = " << N << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "   m^2 = " << md.mass_squared << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "lambda = " << md.lambda << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "     g = " << md.g << std::endl;
+}
+
+END_MODULE_NAMESPACE
+
+END_HADRONS_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // Hadrons_MIO_LoadCosmHol_hpp_
diff --git a/Hadrons/modules.inc b/Hadrons/modules.inc
index eef12b0d..2e7066e5 100644
--- a/Hadrons/modules.inc
+++ b/Hadrons/modules.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ modules_cc =\
   Modules/MIO/LoadEigenPack.cc \
   Modules/MIO/LoadBinary.cc \
   Modules/MIO/LoadNersc.cc \
-  Modules/MIO/LoadCoarseEigenPack.cc
+  Modules/MIO/LoadCoarseEigenPack.cc \
+  Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.cc
 
 modules_hpp =\
   Modules/MContraction/Baryon.hpp \
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ modules_hpp =\
   Modules/MScalarSUN/TrKinetic.hpp \
   Modules/MIO/LoadEigenPack.hpp \
   Modules/MIO/LoadNersc.hpp \
+  Modules/MIO/LoadCosmHol.hpp \
   Modules/MIO/LoadCoarseEigenPack.hpp \
   Modules/MIO/LoadBinary.hpp