diff --git a/wally-pipelined/regression/wally-busybear.do b/wally-pipelined/regression/wally-busybear.do
index 271b8237a..7e0fd66b1 100644
--- a/wally-pipelined/regression/wally-busybear.do
+++ b/wally-pipelined/regression/wally-busybear.do
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@ switch $argc {
     1 {mem load -infile ../config/$1/BTBPredictor.txt -format bin testbench_busybear/dut/hart/ifu/bpred/TargetPredictor/memory/memory}
 }
 
-mem load -startaddress 0 -endaddress 2047 -filltype value -fillradix hex -filldata 0 /testbench_busybear/dut/uncore/bootdtim/RAM
-mem load -startaddress 512 -i "/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/bootmem.txt" -format hex /testbench_busybear/dut/uncore/bootdtim/RAM
-mem load -startaddress 0 -endaddress 2047 -filltype value -fillradix hex -filldata 0 /testbench_busybear/dut/imem/bootram
-mem load -startaddress 512 -i "/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/bootmem.txt" -format hex /testbench_busybear/dut/imem/bootram
-mem load -startaddress 268435456 -endaddress 285212671 -filltype value -fillradix hex -filldata 0 /testbench_busybear/dut/uncore/dtim/RAM
-mem load -startaddress 268435456 -i "/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/ram.txt" -format hex /testbench_busybear/dut/uncore/dtim/RAM
-mem load -startaddress 268435456 -endaddress 285212671 -filltype value -fillradix hex -filldata 0 /testbench_busybear/dut/imem/RAM
-mem load -startaddress 268435456 -i "/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/ram.txt" -format hex /testbench_busybear/dut/imem/RAM
-
 
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diff --git a/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv b/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv
index e6ba95a13..ba554e533 100644
--- a/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv
+++ b/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ module testbench_busybear();
     end
   end
 
+  // initial loading of memories
+  initial begin
+    $readmemh("/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/bootmem.txt", dut.uncore.bootdtim.RAM, 'h1000 >> 3);
+    $readmemh("/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/ram.txt", dut.uncore.dtim.RAM);
+    $readmemh("/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/bootmem.txt", dut.imem.bootram, 'h1000 >> 3);
+    $readmemh("/courses/e190ax/busybear_boot/ram.txt", dut.imem.RAM);
+  end
+
   integer warningCount = 0;
 
   //logic[63:0] adrTranslation[4:0];