Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/cores/transient_core.cpp
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/cores/transient_core.cpp	(revision 19332)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/cores/transient_core.cpp	(revision 19333)
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@
 	//then recover parameters common to all solutions
 	femmodel->parameters->FindParam(&domaintype,DomainTypeEnum);
+	femmodel->parameters->FindParam(&step,StepEnum);
 	femmodel->parameters->FindParam(&starttime,TimesteppingStartTimeEnum);
 	femmodel->parameters->FindParam(&finaltime,TimesteppingFinalTimeEnum);
@@ -64,5 +65,4 @@
 
 	/*initialize: */
-	step=0;
 	time=starttime;
 
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/ModelProcessorx/CreateParameters.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/ModelProcessorx/CreateParameters.cpp	(revision 19332)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/ModelProcessorx/CreateParameters.cpp	(revision 19333)
@@ -191,5 +191,5 @@
 	iomodel->Constant(&time,TimesteppingStartTimeEnum);
 	parameters->AddObject(new DoubleParam(TimeEnum,time));  
-	parameters->AddObject(new IntParam(StepEnum,1));  
+	parameters->AddObject(new IntParam(StepEnum,0));  
 
 	/*By default, save all results*/