diff --git a/libiotrace/src/event.c b/libiotrace/src/event.c
index 49df535..d378224 100644
--- a/libiotrace/src/event.c
+++ b/libiotrace/src/event.c
@@ -3312,11 +3312,14 @@ void power_measurement_step(void) {
 
 #ifdef WITH_MPI_IO
     if (mpi_node_rank == 0 || mpi_node_rank == -1) {
-        LOG_DEBUG("RUN STEP on Hostname: %s, World Rank: %d. Node Rank: %d\n", hostname,mpi_world_rank, mpi_node_rank);
 #endif
         uint64_t diff = gettime() - last_time;
         if (diff > POWER_MEASUREMENT_INTERVAL) {
 
+#ifdef WITH_MPI_IO
+            LOG_DEBUG("RUN STEP on Hostname: %s, World Rank: %d. Node Rank: %d\n", hostname,mpi_world_rank, mpi_node_rank);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef  ENABLE_POWER_MEASUREMENT_RAPL
             rapl_measurement();
 #endif
@@ -4186,14 +4189,13 @@ int powercap_open_file(unsigned int offset) {
     int fd = 0;
     if (powercap_fd_array[offset].open == 0) {
         fd = CALL_REAL_POSIX_SYNC(open)(pwoercap_file_path_array[offset], O_SYNC|O_RDONLY);
-        //fd = CALL_REAL_POSIX_SYNC(open)(pwoercap_file_path_array[offset], O_SYNC|component_sys_flags[powercap_cpu_measurement_tasks[offset].offset_in_file]);
         if (fd > 0) {
             powercap_fd_array[offset].file_descriptor = fd;
             powercap_fd_array[offset].open = 1;
 
             //LOG_DEBUG("Open File %3d: %3u => %s", fd, offset, pwoercap_file_path_array[offset]);
         } else {
-            LOG_WARN("\n\n\n-------ERROR------\nCant open File for id: %3u\nFile: %s\nFile Descriptor: %d (%d)\nFlags: %d", offset, pwoercap_file_path_array[offset] , fd, errno, O_SYNC|component_sys_flags[powercap_cpu_measurement_tasks[offset].offset_in_file]);
+            LOG_WARN("\n\n\n-------ERROR------\nCant open File for id: %3u\nFile: %s\nFile Descriptor: %d (%d)", offset, pwoercap_file_path_array[offset] , fd, errno);
         }
     } else {
         fd = powercap_fd_array[offset].file_descriptor;
diff --git a/libiotrace/src/power_measurement/defines.h b/libiotrace/src/power_measurement/defines.h
index 8406f9a..d339f6f 100644
--- a/libiotrace/src/power_measurement/defines.h
+++ b/libiotrace/src/power_measurement/defines.h
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ static mode_t   pkg_sys_flags[PKG_NUM_EVENTS]  = {O_RDONLY, O_RDONLY, O_RDONLY,
 static int   component_events[COMPONENT_NUM_EVENTS]      = {COMPONENT_ENERGY, COMPONENT_MAX_ENERGY_RANGE, COMPONENT_MAX_POWER_A, COMPONENT_POWER_LIMIT_A, COMPONENT_TIME_WINDOW_A, COMPONENT_ENABLED, COMPONENT_NAME};
 static char *component_event_names[COMPONENT_NUM_EVENTS] = {"ENERGY_UJ", "MAX_ENERGY_RANGE_UJ", "MAX_POWER_A_UW", "POWER_LIMIT_A_UW", "TIME_WINDOW_A_US", "ENABLED", "NAME"};
 static char *component_sys_names[COMPONENT_NUM_EVENTS]         = {"energy_uj", "max_energy_range_uj", "constraint_0_max_power_uw", "constraint_0_power_limit_uw", "constraint_0_time_window_us", "enabled", "name"};
-static mode_t   component_sys_flags[COMPONENT_NUM_EVENTS]      = {O_RDONLY, O_RDONLY, O_RDONLY, O_RDWR, O_RDONLY, O_RDONLY, O_RDONLY};
 
 #define POWERCAP_MAX_COUNTERS (3 * (PKG_NUM_EVENTS + (3 * COMPONENT_NUM_EVENTS)))