diff --git a/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadDistilNoise.cc b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadDistilNoise.cc
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+++ b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadDistilNoise.cc
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+#include <Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadDistilNoise.hpp>
+
+using namespace Grid;
+using namespace Hadrons;
+using namespace MIO;
+
+template class Grid::Hadrons::MIO::TLoadDistilNoise<FIMPL>;
diff --git a/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadDistilNoise.hpp b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadDistilNoise.hpp
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+/*************************************************************************************
+ 
+ Grid physics library, www.github.com/paboyle/Grid
+ 
+ Source file: Hadrons/Modules/MDistil/LoadDistilNoise.hpp
+ 
+ Copyright (C) 2019
+ 
+ Author: Felix Erben <ferben@ed.ac.uk>
+ Author: Michael Marshall <Michael.Marshall@ed.ac.uk>
+ 
+ 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 */
+
+#ifndef Hadrons_MIO_LoadDistilNoise_hpp_
+#define Hadrons_MIO_LoadDistilNoise_hpp_
+
+#include <Hadrons/Modules/MDistil/DistilCommon.hpp>
+
+BEGIN_HADRONS_NAMESPACE
+BEGIN_MODULE_NAMESPACE(MIO)
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ *                         LoadDistilNoise                                 *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+class LoadDistilNoisePar: Serializable
+{
+public:
+    GRID_SERIALIZABLE_CLASS_MEMBERS(LoadDistilNoisePar,
+                                        std::string, NoiseFileName,
+	                                int, nvec,
+	                                MDistil::DistilParameters, Distil);
+};
+
+template <typename FImpl>
+class TLoadDistilNoise: public Module<LoadDistilNoisePar>
+{
+public:
+    // constructor
+    TLoadDistilNoise(const std::string name);
+    // destructor
+    virtual ~TLoadDistilNoise(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(LoadDistilNoise, TLoadDistilNoise<FIMPL>, MIO);
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ *                 TLoadDistilNoise implementation                             *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+// constructor /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename FImpl>
+TLoadDistilNoise<FImpl>::TLoadDistilNoise(const std::string name)
+: Module<LoadDistilNoisePar>(name)
+{}
+
+// dependencies/products ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename FImpl>
+std::vector<std::string> TLoadDistilNoise<FImpl>::getInput(void)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> in;
+    
+    return in;
+}
+
+template <typename FImpl>
+std::vector<std::string> TLoadDistilNoise<FImpl>::getOutput(void)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> out = {getName()};
+    
+    return out;
+}
+
+// setup ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename FImpl>
+void TLoadDistilNoise<FImpl>::setup(void)
+{
+  DISTIL_PARAMETERS_DEFINE( true );
+  envCreate(MDistil::NoiseTensor, getName(), 1, nnoise, Nt, nvec, Ns);
+}
+
+// execution ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template <typename FImpl>
+void TLoadDistilNoise<FImpl>::execute(void)
+{
+  auto &noises = envGet(MDistil::NoiseTensor, getName());
+  std::string sNoiseName{ par().NoiseFileName };
+  sNoiseName.append( 1, '.' );
+  sNoiseName.append( std::to_string( vm().getTrajectory() ) );
+  noises.read(sNoiseName.c_str());
+}
+
+END_MODULE_NAMESPACE
+
+END_HADRONS_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // Hadrons_MIO_LoadDistilNoise_hpp_
diff --git a/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadPerambulator.hpp b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadPerambulator.hpp
index 9d30f9fa..23244512 100644
--- a/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadPerambulator.hpp
+++ b/Hadrons/Modules/MIO/LoadPerambulator.hpp
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ void TLoadPerambulator<FImpl>::execute(void)
 {
   auto &perambulator = envGet(MDistil::PerambTensor, getName());
   std::string sPerambName{ par().PerambFileName };
-  if( sPerambName.empty() )
-    sPerambName = getName();
   sPerambName.append( 1, '.' );
   sPerambName.append( std::to_string( vm().getTrajectory() ) );
   perambulator.read(sPerambName.c_str());