diff --git a/src/tools.f90 b/src/tools.f90
index c298400731e7d097fe87e2f1ea119b7c14a9aae1..f3b11967c846ec35a8c16b92b5cbdaa6f287ce41 100644
--- a/src/tools.f90
+++ b/src/tools.f90
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ contains
          t0 = tfield
          itime0 = 0
        else
-         print *, "Restart info file "//filename//" missing!"
-         stop
+         t0 = zero
+         itime0 = 0
        end if
        
     endif