diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5703e81..5d11b5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed the out_dict for values from GEOSldas_LDAS.rc
 - Fixed error from MAPL's ApplicationSupport.F90 to init UDUNITS.
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/GEOSldas_App/ldas_setup b/GEOSldas_App/ldas_setup
index c8d69b5..39164ba 100755
--- a/GEOSldas_App/ldas_setup
+++ b/GEOSldas_App/ldas_setup
@@ -1823,18 +1823,24 @@ def _produceExeInput(out_dict=None,ladas_cpl=0):
                 # process lines that contain string "use_rc_defaults"
                 if use_rc_defaults in line:                            
                     line0 = line.split(use_rc_defaults)[1]
-                    # strip out inline comment (if present)
-                    position = line0.find('#')
-                    if position>0:  
-                        line0 = line0[:position]
-                    # extract key/value pair and add to dictionary
-                    key, val = line0.split(":",1)
-                    out_dict[key.strip()] = val.strip()
-
-
+                    lines.append(line0)
     print ()
     print ()
 
+    if ladas_cpl > 0:
+       for line in lines:
+          line = line.strip()
+          if not line:
+             continue
+          if line.startswith('#'):
+             continue
+          # strip out inline comment (if present)
+          position = line.find('#')
+          if position>0:
+             line = line[:position]
+                    # extract key/value pair and add to dictionary
+          key, val = line.split(":",1)
+          out_dict[key.strip()] = val.strip()
 
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