diff --git a/mxraid/mxraid_assemble b/mxraid/mxraid_assemble
index 66d4b95..03b5f40 100755
--- a/mxraid/mxraid_assemble
+++ b/mxraid/mxraid_assemble
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ my $MDADM_CONF_BASE = '/dev/shm/mdadm.conf'; # config for mdadm, created with in
 
 my $MDADM_ASSEMBLE_OPTIONS = '';
 
-my $cd = MxRaid::ConfData->new($MDADMCONF_DB); $cd->verbose($VERBOSE);
+my $cd = MxRaid::ConfData->new($MDADMCONF_DB); $cd->verbose($VERBOSE); $cd->load();
 my $hd = MxRaid::HostData->new($cd);           $hd->verbose($VERBOSE);
 my $utils = MxRaid::Utils->new();
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ if ($opts{n}) {
   }
 
   # warn "#  NOTE: got $cnt disk(s), default is 16.\n" if $cnt != 16;
-  # warn "#  NOTE: label '$opts{n}' doesn't look good.\n" unless $opts{n} =~ m/^[DM][\da-f]\d{3}$/;
+  # warn "#  NOTE: label '$opts{n}' doesn't look good.\n" unless $opts{n} =~ m/^[CDM][\da-f]\d{3}$/;
   if ($cnt != 16) {
     my $msg = "got $cnt disk(s), default is 16.";
     $msg = $color->t_red($msg) unless $opts{m};
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ if ($opts{n}) {
   }
 
 
-  if ($opts{n} !~ m/^[DM][\da-f]\d{3}$/) {
+  if ($opts{n} !~ m/^[CDM][\da-f]\d{3}$/) {
     my $msg = "label '$opts{n}' doesn't look good.";
     $msg = $color->t_red($msg) unless $opts{m};
     print "#  NOTE: $msg\n";
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ exit;
     $self->{verbose} = 0;
     $self->{db} = {};
     $self->{lookup} = undef;
-    $self->load();
     return $self;
   }
 
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ exit;
 
       @rec = split m/\s+/, $_;
 
-      if ($rec[0] !~ m/[DM][\da-f]\d{3}:/) {
+      if ($rec[0] !~ m/[CDM][\da-f]\d{3}:/) {
         warn "#  NOTE: raid name not in expected format (bad key '$rec[0]' at line $lines).\n" if $self->{verbose} >= 1;
         next;
       }
@@ -455,8 +454,9 @@ exit;
     my $self = shift;
     my %tmp;
     for (keys %{$self->{db}}) {
-      my ($cat,$size,$num) = $_ =~ m/([DM])([\da-f])(\d{3})/;
-      next unless defined $cat and defined $num;
+      my ($cat,$size,$num) = $_ =~ m/([CDM])([\da-f])(\d{3})/;
+      next unless defined $num;
+      $cat = '(C/M)' if $cat ne 'D';
       if (exists $tmp{"$cat$size"} and $tmp{"$cat$size"} > $num) {
         $num = $tmp{"$cat$size"};
       }