diff --git a/src/core/agc_compressor.cpp b/src/core/agc_compressor.cpp
index 1be2fcb..89bcceb 100644
--- a/src/core/agc_compressor.cpp
+++ b/src/core/agc_compressor.cpp
@@ -1790,8 +1790,6 @@ bool CAGCCompressor::Append(const string& _in_archive_fn, const string& _out_arc
     concatenated_genomes = _concatenated_genomes;
     adaptive_compression = _adaptive_compression;
 
-    min_match_len = compression_params.min_match_len;
-    uint32_t segment_size = compression_params.segment_size;
     verbosity = _verbosity;
 
     if (!load_file_type_info(in_archive_name))
@@ -1801,6 +1799,10 @@ bool CAGCCompressor::Append(const string& _in_archive_fn, const string& _out_arc
 
     if (!load_metadata())
         return false;
+
+    min_match_len = compression_params.min_match_len;
+    uint32_t segment_size = compression_params.segment_size;
+
     working_mode = working_mode_t::appending;
 
     out_archive = make_shared<CArchive>(false, 32 << 20);