diff --git a/src/network-workloads/README_synthetic.txt b/src/network-workloads/README_synthetic.txt
index 7c08dc4a7bef2b195d5f37f56bd4ac5eff574150..a49a32070225f3f43915437bee0f3a10a1c2f46f 100644
--- a/src/network-workloads/README_synthetic.txt
+++ b/src/network-workloads/README_synthetic.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
     This pattern performs better with non-minimal and adaptive routing
     algorithms.
 	- Nearest neighbor traffic: it sends traffic to the next node, potentially connected to the same router. 
+
+SAMPLING:
+    - The modelnet_enable_sampling function takes a sampling interval "t" and
+      an end time. Over this end time, dragonfly model will collect compute
+      node and router samples after every "t" simulated nanoseconds. The
+      sampling output files can be specified in the config file using
+      cn_sample_file and rt_sample_file arguments. An example utility that
+      reads the binary files and translates it into text can be found at
+      src/networks/model-net/read-dragonfly-sample.c (Note that the router
+      radix aka RADIX needs to be tuned with the dragonfly configuration 
+      in the utility to enable continguous array allocation).
+
 HOW TO RUN:
 
 ROSS optimistic mode:
diff --git a/src/network-workloads/conf/modelnet-synthetic-dragonfly.conf b/src/network-workloads/conf/modelnet-synthetic-dragonfly.conf
index 82ea7f04e20788ef75ef9313dfe98150a13b04a2..a4c5c7719318197c4a66250a6313b398f7ece35f 100644
--- a/src/network-workloads/conf/modelnet-synthetic-dragonfly.conf
+++ b/src/network-workloads/conf/modelnet-synthetic-dragonfly.conf
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ LPGROUPS
       repetitions="264";
       server="4";
       modelnet_dragonfly="4";
-      dragonfly_router="1";
+      modelnet_dragonfly_router="1";
    }
 }
 PARAMS
 {
    packet_size="512";
-   modelnet_order=( "dragonfly" );
+   modelnet_order=( "dragonfly", "dragonfly_router" );
    # scheduler options
    modelnet_scheduler="fcfs";
    chunk_size="32";
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ PARAMS
    global_bandwidth="4.7";
    cn_bandwidth="5.25";
    message_size="512";
-   routing="nonminimal";
+   routing="adaptive";
 }
diff --git a/src/networks/model-net/dragonfly.c b/src/networks/model-net/dragonfly.c
index 1797839befd3d6fc72631d98a47e0e1f3090f754..37c0d29c142fd6bd428a2125bd1de1653eddaf63 100644
--- a/src/networks/model-net/dragonfly.c
+++ b/src/networks/model-net/dragonfly.c
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ void dragonfly_rsample_fin(router_state * s,
     int j = 0;
 
     int size_sample = sizeof(tw_lpid) + p->radix * (sizeof(int64_t) + sizeof(tw_stime)) + sizeof(tw_stime);
-    FILE * fp = fopen(cn_fn, "wa");
+    FILE * fp = fopen(cn_fn, "a");
     fseek(fp, sample_rtr_bytes_written, SEEK_SET);
 
     for(; i < s->op_arr_size; i++)
@@ -2145,12 +2145,12 @@ void dragonfly_sample_fin(terminal_state * s,
         fclose(fp);
     }
     char rt_fn[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
-    if(strncmp(router_sample_file, "", 10) == 0)
+    if(strncmp(cn_sample_file, "", 10) == 0)
         sprintf(rt_fn, "dragonfly-cn-sampling-%ld.bin", g_tw_mynode); 
     else
         sprintf(rt_fn, "%s-%ld.bin", cn_sample_file, g_tw_mynode);
 
-    FILE * fp = fopen(rt_fn, "wa");
+    FILE * fp = fopen(rt_fn, "a");
     fseek(fp, sample_bytes_written, SEEK_SET);
     fwrite(s->sample_stat, sizeof(struct dfly_cn_sample), s->op_arr_size, fp);
     fclose(fp);
diff --git a/src/networks/model-net/read-dragonfly-sample.c b/src/networks/model-net/read-dragonfly-sample.c
index 9f36669cec54668cad9af62eedc020f9bb1df403..8fe7ca137aacf6c3f58ca2e4c8c740ff8cab78e6 100644
--- a/src/networks/model-net/read-dragonfly-sample.c
+++ b/src/networks/model-net/read-dragonfly-sample.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
    char buffer_read[64];
    char buffer_write[64];
 
-   sprintf(buffer_read, "dragonfly-cn-sampling-%d.bin", my_rank);
+   sprintf(buffer_read, "dragonfly-sample-ur-%d.bin", my_rank);
    pFile = fopen(buffer_read, "r+");
 
    struct stat st;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     char buffer_rtr_read[64];
     char buffer_rtr_write[64];
 
-    sprintf(buffer_rtr_read, "dragonfly-router-sampling-%d.bin", my_rank);
+    sprintf(buffer_rtr_read, "dragonfly-router-ur-%d.bin", my_rank);
     pFile = fopen(buffer_rtr_read, "r+");
 
     struct stat st2;
diff --git a/tests/conf/modelnet-test-dragonfly.conf b/tests/conf/modelnet-test-dragonfly.conf
index ae49e1c14b7b02216e4ccc686ca7b27f7cff3c8c..7c754a9283ed53095e6f9941a11906429a7a9556 100644
--- a/tests/conf/modelnet-test-dragonfly.conf
+++ b/tests/conf/modelnet-test-dragonfly.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,4 @@ PARAMS
    cn_bandwidth="5.25";
    message_size="368";
    routing="nonminimal";
-   cn_sample_file = "dragonfly-sample-ur";
-   rt_sample_file = "dragonfly-router-ur";
 }