diff --git a/scripts/generate_fill.py b/scripts/generate_fill.py
index 5a0646f8..9d9a90ca 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_fill.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_fill.py
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     print('gds readonly true', file=ofile)
     print('gds rescale false', file=ofile)
     print('gds read ../gds/' + project, file=ofile)
+    print('load ' + project, file=ofile)
     print('select top cell', file=ofile)
     print('expand', file=ofile)
     if not distmode: