From 3070909905f2dc5e9ca97c2659e789b0e33c5579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stavros Efthymiou <35475381+stavros11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:12:41 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: open QM after dumping script

---
 src/qibocal/protocols/qua/rb_ondevice.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/qibocal/protocols/qua/rb_ondevice.py b/src/qibocal/protocols/qua/rb_ondevice.py
index 25c0ee527..36957e766 100644
--- a/src/qibocal/protocols/qua/rb_ondevice.py
+++ b/src/qibocal/protocols/qua/rb_ondevice.py
@@ -381,12 +381,12 @@ def _acquisition(
     ###########################
     # Open the quantum machine
     config = generate_config(platform, list(platform.qubits.keys()))
-    qm = qmm.open_qm(config)
 
     if params.script_file:
         with open(params.script_file, "w") as file:
             file.write(generate_qua_script(rb, config))
 
+    qm = qmm.open_qm(config)
     # Send the QUA program to the OPX, which compiles and executes it
     job = qm.execute(
         rb, compiler_options=CompilerOptionArguments(flags=["not-strict-timing"])