diff --git a/methods/Method_D.cpp b/methods/Method_D.cpp
index dcba488e5cd196be6a6f92c24fe0414fcddcbe12..2139806828567e3d365c2395036242b721e40036 100644
--- a/methods/Method_D.cpp
+++ b/methods/Method_D.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ bool Method_D::Process (const PedData& peddata,const std::string& scriptsLocatio
      _projectRootDir = peddata.GetProjectRootDir();
      _measureAreaId = boost::lexical_cast<string>(_areaForMethod_D->_id);
      _fps =peddata.GetFps();
+     Log->Write("INFO:\tFrame rate fps: <%.2f>", _fps);
+
      int minFrame = peddata.GetMinFrame();
      if(_startFrame!=_stopFrame)
      {
diff --git a/methods/PedData.cpp b/methods/PedData.cpp
index a1e9325300a7d2ae58973b9bdf152388554bb8c1..0e27ec17fed46eb093260a4772401dde748cb570 100644
--- a/methods/PedData.cpp
+++ b/methods/PedData.cpp
@@ -111,12 +111,15 @@ bool PedData::InitializeVariables(const string& filename)
                //looking for the framerate which is suppposed to be at the second position
                if(line[0] == '#')
                {
-                    std::vector<std::string> strs;
-                    boost::split(strs, line , boost::is_any_of(":"),boost::token_compress_on);
 
-                    if(strs[0]=="#framerate" && strs.size()==2)
+                    if(line.find("framerate") != std::string::npos)
                     {
-                         _fps= atof(strs[1].c_str());
+                         std::vector<std::string> strs;
+                         line.erase(0,1); // remove #
+                         boost::split(strs, line , boost::is_any_of(":"),boost::token_compress_on);
+                         if(strs.size()>1)
+                              _fps= atof(strs[1].c_str());
+
                          Log->Write("INFO:\tFrame rate fps: <%.2f>", _fps);
                     }
 
@@ -212,7 +215,6 @@ bool PedData::InitializeVariables(const string& filename)
      std::vector<int>::iterator it;
      it = unique(unique_ids.begin(), unique_ids.end());
      unique_ids.resize(distance(unique_ids.begin(),it));
-     
      _numPeds = unique_ids.size();
      Log->Write("INFO: Total number of Agents: %d", _numPeds);
      CreateGlobalVariables(_numPeds, _numFrames);