diff --git a/include/samurai/io/restart.hpp b/include/samurai/io/restart.hpp
index ce12f7a05..06352a170 100644
--- a/include/samurai/io/restart.hpp
+++ b/include/samurai/io/restart.hpp
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ namespace samurai
 
         ca_type ca;
         load(file, ca);
-        using config_t = typename Mesh::config_t;
-        auto mesh_cfg  = config_t().min_level(min_level).max_level(max_level).disable_args_parse();
+        auto mesh_cfg = mesh.cfg();
+        mesh_cfg.min_level(min_level).max_level(max_level).disable_args_parse();
         Mesh new_mesh{ca, mesh_cfg};
         std::swap(mesh, new_mesh);
         load_fields(file, mesh, fields...);