diff --git a/src/driver.F90 b/src/driver.F90
index 20ea557..d5b8017 100644
--- a/src/driver.F90
+++ b/src/driver.F90
@@ -423,10 +423,6 @@ program amun
 !
     call generate_mesh()
 
-! store mesh statistics
-!
-    call store_mesh_stats(step, time)
-
 ! calculate new timestep
 !
     call new_time_step(dtnext)
@@ -437,6 +433,10 @@ program amun
 
   end if
 
+! store mesh statistics
+!
+  call store_mesh_stats(step, time)
+
 #ifdef MPI
 ! reduce termination flag over all processors
 !