diff --git a/src/core/cpn/InjectionPoint.hpp b/src/core/cpn/InjectionPoint.hpp
index f910d3fe..baf17610 100644
--- a/src/core/cpn/InjectionPoint.hpp
+++ b/src/core/cpn/InjectionPoint.hpp
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class InjectionPointHops : public InjectionPointBase {
 private:
 	SmartHops *m_sa;	// !< Hop calculator which generates the hop chain
 	uint32_t m_curr_inst;	// !< Instruction for which currently a hop chain is available
+	bool m_initialized;
+
+	void init();
 public:
 	InjectionPointHops();
 	virtual ~InjectionPointHops();
diff --git a/src/core/cpn/InjectionPointHops.cc b/src/core/cpn/InjectionPointHops.cc
index 9804929d..fc1f1f6b 100644
--- a/src/core/cpn/InjectionPointHops.cc
+++ b/src/core/cpn/InjectionPointHops.cc
@@ -3,8 +3,19 @@
 
 namespace fail {
 
-InjectionPointHops::InjectionPointHops() : InjectionPointBase(), m_sa(new SmartHops()), m_curr_inst(0)  {
+InjectionPointHops::InjectionPointHops() : InjectionPointBase(), m_sa(NULL), m_curr_inst(0), m_initialized(false)  {
+}
 
+
+InjectionPointHops::~InjectionPointHops() {
+	if (m_initialized)
+		delete m_sa;
+}
+
+void InjectionPointHops::init()
+{
+	m_sa = new SmartHops();
+	m_curr_inst = 0;
 	char * elfpath = getenv("FAIL_TRACE_PATH");
 	if(elfpath == NULL){
 		m_log << "FAIL_TRACE_PATH not set :(" << std::endl;
@@ -12,13 +23,15 @@ InjectionPointHops::InjectionPointHops() : InjectionPointBase(), m_sa(new SmartH
 	}else{
 		m_sa->init((const char*)elfpath);
 	}
-}
 
-InjectionPointHops::~InjectionPointHops() {
-	delete m_sa;
+	m_initialized = true;
 }
 
 void InjectionPointHops::parseFromInjectionInstr(unsigned inj_instr) {
+	if (!m_initialized) {
+		init();
+	}
+
 	// Already calculated result needed?
 	if (m_curr_inst == inj_instr) {
 		return;