diff --git a/bfps/DNS.py b/bfps/DNS.py
index 2e18b51c794639ffa0cc070a7a3716c5496be2d6..7c5fdfa7dfd97f9ded6ca387d32af9b7eec4e579 100644
--- a/bfps/DNS.py
+++ b/bfps/DNS.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class DNS(_code):
                           'mail_address': '',
                           'mail_events' : None}
         self.generate_default_parameters()
+        self.statistics = {}
         return None
     def set_precision(
             self,
diff --git a/bfps/cpp/field.cpp b/bfps/cpp/field.cpp
index 2b2852a5275ba061676815b5b4d521fbd40f752c..e3c35a517f092b06f63b4c91754d313f7665a18e 100644
--- a/bfps/cpp/field.cpp
+++ b/bfps/cpp/field.cpp
@@ -1026,11 +1026,13 @@ void field<rnumber, be, fc>::symmetrize()
     //this->ift();
     //this->dft();
     //this->normalize();
+    //return;
     typename fftw_interface<rnumber>::complex *cdata = this->get_cdata();
     // symmetrize kx = 0 plane, line by line, for ky != 0
     MPI_Status *mpistatus = new MPI_Status;
-    typename fftw_interface<rnumber>::complex *buffer;
-    buffer = fftw_interface<rnumber>::alloc_complex(ncomp(fc)*this->clayout->sizes[1]);
+    typename fftw_interface<rnumber>::complex *buffer = new typename fftw_interface<rnumber>::complex[ncomp(fc)*this->clayout->sizes[1]];
+    //typename fftw_interface<rnumber>::complex *buffer;
+    //buffer = fftw_interface<rnumber>::alloc_complex(ncomp(fc)*this->clayout->sizes[1]);
     /*ptrdiff_t tindex;*/
     int ranksrc, rankdst;
     for (ptrdiff_t iy = 1; iy < ptrdiff_t(this->clayout->sizes[0]/2); iy++)
@@ -1072,7 +1074,7 @@ void field<rnumber, be, fc>::symmetrize()
             {
                 ptrdiff_t izz = (this->clayout->sizes[1] - iz);
                 ptrdiff_t cindex = this->get_cindex(0, iyy, izz);
-                DEBUG_MSG("iy = %ld, iz = %ld\n", iy, iz);
+                //DEBUG_MSG("iy = %ld, iz = %ld\n", iy, iz);
                 for (int cc = 0; cc < int(ncomp(fc)); cc++)
                 {
                     (*(cdata + ncomp(fc)*cindex + cc))[0] =  (*(buffer + ncomp(fc)*iz+cc))[0];
@@ -1087,7 +1089,8 @@ void field<rnumber, be, fc>::symmetrize()
             }
         }
     }
-    fftw_interface<rnumber>::free(buffer);
+    //fftw_interface<rnumber>::free(buffer);
+    delete[] buffer;
     delete mpistatus;
     // symmetrize kx = 0, ky = 0 line
     if (this->clayout->myrank == this->clayout->rank[0][0])