diff --git a/Grid/parallelIO/IldgIO.h b/Grid/parallelIO/IldgIO.h
index ef42c159..9ed773dd 100644
--- a/Grid/parallelIO/IldgIO.h
+++ b/Grid/parallelIO/IldgIO.h
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ class ScidacReader : public GridLimeReader {
     std::string rec_name(ILDG_BINARY_DATA);
     while ( limeReaderNextRecord(LimeR) == LIME_SUCCESS ) { 
       if ( !strncmp(limeReaderType(LimeR), rec_name.c_str(),strlen(rec_name.c_str()) )  ) {
+  skipPastObjectRecord(std::string(GRID_FIELD_NORM));
 	skipPastObjectRecord(std::string(SCIDAC_CHECKSUM));
 	return;
       }