3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c b/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c
index 1225613..d5d169e 100644
--- a/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c
+++ b/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ main(int argv , char *argc[])
     GifMemoryStruct.GifApplicationExtension    = NULL;
     GifMemoryStruct.GifCommentExtension        = NULL;
 
+    /* Initialize h5tools lib */
+    h5tools_init();
+
     if ( argc[1] && (strcmp("-V",argc[1])==0) )
     {
         print_version("gif2h5");
diff --git a/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c b/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c
index cc8e864..a193240 100644
--- a/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c
+++ b/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ int main(int argc , char **argv)
     char *image_name = NULL;
     int idx;
 
+    /* Initialize h5tools lib */
+    h5tools_init();
+
     if ( argv[1] && (strcmp("-V",argv[1])==0) )
     {
         print_version("gif2h5");
diff --git a/perform/zip_perf.c b/perform/zip_perf.c
index 897fc7e..4e1f043 100644
--- a/perform/zip_perf.c
+++ b/perform/zip_perf.c
@@ -573,6 +573,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     int opt;
 
     prog = argv[0];
+    
+    /* Initialize h5tools lib */
+    h5tools_init();
 
     while ((opt = get_option(argc, (const char **)argv, s_opts, l_opts)) > 0) {
         switch ((char)opt) {