Index: wflow-py/wflow/wflow_sceleton.py
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diff -u -r064a25b54789c9e54f577fa4ba105127103ef9f6 -rd5e1def9ab764a1b06573bcb9bba123c996b1f23
--- wflow-py/wflow/wflow_sceleton.py	(.../wflow_sceleton.py)	(revision 064a25b54789c9e54f577fa4ba105127103ef9f6)
+++ wflow-py/wflow/wflow_sceleton.py	(.../wflow_sceleton.py)	(revision d5e1def9ab764a1b06573bcb9bba123c996b1f23)
@@ -177,12 +177,18 @@
     self.logger.info("Reading initial conditions...")
     #: It is advised to use the wf_resume() function 
     #: here which pick up the variable save by a call to wf_suspend()
-    try:
-        self.wf_resume(self.Dir + "/instate/")
-    except:
-        self.logger.warn("Cannot load initial states, setting to default")
+
+    if self.reinit:
+        self.logger.warn("Setting initial states to default")
         for s in self.stateVariables():
             exec "self." + s + " = cover(1.0)"
+    else:
+        try:
+            self.wf_resume(self.Dir + "/instate/")
+        except:
+            self.logger.warn("Cannot load initial states, setting to default")
+            for s in self.stateVariables():
+                exec "self." + s + " = cover(1.0)"
 
 
   def default_summarymaps(self):