diff --git a/PH/check_restart_recover.f90 b/PH/check_restart_recover.f90
index 568895f5a..487276449 100644
--- a/PH/check_restart_recover.f90
+++ b/PH/check_restart_recover.f90
@@ -14,20 +14,15 @@ iunrec = 99
 iunres = 98
 CALL seqopn (iunrec, 'recover', 'unformatted', exst_recover)
 CALL seqopn( iunres, 'restart', 'UNFORMATTED', exst_restart )
-IF (.not.exst_recover.and..not.exst_restart) THEN
-   close (unit = iunrec, status = 'delete')
-   close (unit = iunres, status = 'delete')
+IF (exst_recover) THEN
+   close (unit = iunrec, status = 'keep')
 ELSE
-   IF (exst_recover) THEN
-      close (unit = iunrec, status = 'keep')
-   ELSE
-      close (unit = iunrec, status = 'delete')
-   ENDIF
-   IF (exst_restart) THEN
-      close (unit = iunres, status = 'keep')
-   ELSE
-      close (unit = iunres, status = 'delete')
-   ENDIF
+   close (unit = iunrec, status = 'delete')
+ENDIF
+IF (exst_restart) THEN
+   close (unit = iunres, status = 'keep')
+ELSE
+   close (unit = iunres, status = 'delete')
 ENDIF
 RETURN
 END SUBROUTINE check_restart_recover
diff --git a/PH/initialize_ph.f90 b/PH/initialize_ph.f90
index d136747ea..6a3646191 100644
--- a/PH/initialize_ph.f90
+++ b/PH/initialize_ph.f90
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ SUBROUTINE initialize_ph()
      !
   END IF
   !
-  !  Save the current status of the run: all the flags, the list of q,
-  !  and the current q, the fact that we are after the bands
+  !  Save again the status of the run because now the bands have been
+  !  calculated
   !
   CALL ph_writefile('init',0)
   !