diff --git a/scripts/mem_analysis.m b/scripts/mem_analysis.m
index ad75efa1c759ee613a1a5784b13a12b6c4325c7d..98611c7a30fb056db7d20292da9302f6c549a821 100644
--- a/scripts/mem_analysis.m
+++ b/scripts/mem_analysis.m
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 %%
 
-lines = readlines('../mem_analysis.csv','EmptyLineRule','skip');
+fid = fopen('../mem_analysis.csv','r');
+
+% lines = readlines('../mem_analysis.csv','EmptyLineRule','skip');
 
 names = {}; 
-Nframes = length(lines);
+% Nframes = length(lines);
 
-mem = zeros(1,Nframes);
+% mem = zeros(1,Nframes);
+mem = [];
+i = 1;
 
 % Load mem_analysis.csv into matrix
-for i = 1:Nframes
-    entries = split(lines(i),';');
+line = fgetl(fid);
+while(ischar(line))
+    entries = split(line,';');
     for j = 1:length(entries)
         a = split(entries(j),',');
         if(length(a)==2)
@@ -23,8 +28,12 @@ for i = 1:Nframes
             mem(I,i) = num;
         end
     end
+    i = i + 1;
+    line = fgetl(fid);
 end
 
+fclose(fid);
+
 % Reorder the matrix such that the fixed allocations are at the bottom:
 % --> Find all rows which are constant (sum of abs diff is zero). The >0 is
 % to limit the reordering to constant values only.
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_instrumentation.sh b/scripts/prepare_instrumentation.sh
index cadf4bc47a2be1f9bf0b5f3707c7ddb3fe600d09..17179fc57c62800b71b6624616220586be7b2cf1 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare_instrumentation.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare_instrumentation.sh
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ fi
 # strip switches, to remove the macros (turn on extended globing to allow !(pattern*) matching)
 shopt -s extglob
 if coan_exists; then
-    # remove WMOPS from the list -> otherwise it will be removed with coan and wmc_auto.h will not see it
+    # remove WMOPS and MEM_COUNT_DETAILS from the list to preserve the options in the instrumented code
     sed -i "/-DWMOPS/d" $ifdef_list
+	sed -i "/-UMEM_COUNT_DETAILS/d" $ifdef_list
 
     coan source --replace --no-transients -E -K --file $ifdef_list $targetdir/lib_{com,dec,enc,rend,util,debug}/!(wmc_auto*).[hc]
     coan source --replace --no-transients -E -K --file $ifdef_list $targetdir/apps/*.[hc]