From dc3f6a3dda62484eca6a1fd40d14f01ebd4ca6c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben van Werkhoven <b.vanwerkhoven@esciencecenter.nl>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 14:57:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix issue #318

---
 kernel_tuner/util.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel_tuner/util.py b/kernel_tuner/util.py
index f0546109..4b204a45 100644
--- a/kernel_tuner/util.py
+++ b/kernel_tuner/util.py
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ def process_cache(cache, kernel_options, tuning_options, runner):
 
     # if file exists
     else:
-        cached_data = read_cache(cache)
+        cached_data = read_cache(cache, open_cache=not tuning_options.simulation_mode)
 
         # if in simulation mode, use the device name from the cache file as the runner device name
         if runner.simulation_mode: