diff --git a/applications/io_demo/source/io_demo.f90 b/applications/io_demo/source/io_demo.f90
index 4a5c69e73..d742d4942 100644
--- a/applications/io_demo/source/io_demo.f90
+++ b/applications/io_demo/source/io_demo.f90
@@ -43,25 +43,23 @@ program io_demo
 
   call parse_command_line( filename )
   call modeldb%values%initialise()
-  call modeldb%configuration%initialise( program_name, table_len=10 )
   call modeldb%config%initialise(program_name)
 
-  write(log_scratch_space,&
-        '("Application built with ", A, "-bit real numbers")') &
-        trim(precision_real)
-  call log_event( log_scratch_space, log_level_trace )
   modeldb%mpi => global_mpi
-  call init_comm(program_name, modeldb)
 
-  call init_config(filename,                            &
-                   io_demo_required_namelists,          &
-                   configuration=modeldb%configuration, &
+  call init_comm(program_name, modeldb)
+  call init_config(filename, io_demo_required_namelists, &
                    config=modeldb%config)
 
   deallocate( filename )
 
   call init_logger(modeldb%mpi%get_comm(), program_name)
 
+  write(log_scratch_space,&
+        '("Application built with ", A, "-bit real numbers")') &
+        trim(precision_real)
+  call log_event( log_scratch_space, log_level_trace )
+
   subroutine_timers = modeldb%config%io%subroutine_timers()
   timer_output_path = modeldb%config%io%timer_output_path()
 
diff --git a/mesh_tools/source/cubedsphere_mesh_generator.f90 b/mesh_tools/source/cubedsphere_mesh_generator.f90
index 7f6f70045..dfa3384cc 100644
--- a/mesh_tools/source/cubedsphere_mesh_generator.f90
+++ b/mesh_tools/source/cubedsphere_mesh_generator.f90
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ program cubedsphere_mesh_generator
 
   total_ranks = global_mpi%get_comm_size()
   local_rank  = global_mpi%get_comm_rank()
-  call initialise_logging( communicator%get_comm_mpi_val(), 'CubeGen' )
 
   call config%initialise( 'CubeGen' )
 
   call read_configuration( filename, config=config )
 
+  call initialise_logging( communicator%get_comm_mpi_val(), 'CubeGen' )
   deallocate( filename )
 
   mesh_file_prefix = config%mesh%mesh_file_prefix()