diff --git a/src/ImpurityDensities/ImpurityDensities.jl b/src/ImpurityDensities/ImpurityDensities.jl
index d23cd8061..0567c4305 100644
--- a/src/ImpurityDensities/ImpurityDensities.jl
+++ b/src/ImpurityDensities/ImpurityDensities.jl
@@ -24,12 +24,24 @@ In this matter the detector impurities are automatically determined from those o
 abstract type AbstractImpurityDensity{T <: SSDFloat} end
 
 @inline function ImpurityDensity(T::DataType, dict::AbstractDict, input_units::NamedTuple)
-    return ImpurityDensity(T, Val{Symbol(dict["name"])}(), dict, input_units)
+    imp = ImpurityDensity(T, Val{Symbol(dict["name"])}(), dict, input_units)
+    if !haskey(dict, "corrections")
+        imp
+    else
+        scale = _parse_value(T, get(dict["corrections"], "scale", 1), NoUnits)
+        offset =  _parse_value(T, get(dict["corrections"], "offset", 0), input_units.length^(-3))
+        (scale * imp) + offset
+    end
 end
 
 (*)(idm::AbstractImpurityDensity, scale::Real) = (*)(scale, idm)
 (+)(idm::AbstractImpurityDensity, offset::Union{<:Real, <:Quantity{<:Real, Unitful.𝐋^(-3)}}) = (+)(offset, idm)
 
+# Throw ConfigFileError for impurity densities that do not support corrections
+(*)(scale::Real, ::I) where {I <: AbstractImpurityDensity} = throw(ConfigFileError("Impurity density $(I.name.name) does not support corrections"))
+(+)(offset::Union{<:Real, <:Quantity{<:Real, Unitful.𝐋^(-3)}}, ::I) where {I <: AbstractImpurityDensity} = throw(ConfigFileError("Impurity density $(I.name.name) does not support corrections"))
+
+
 """
     get_impurity_density(id::AbstractImpurityDensity, pt::AbstractCoordinatePoint)
     
diff --git a/src/SolidStateDetector/Semiconductor.jl b/src/SolidStateDetector/Semiconductor.jl
index af1c535f9..a63e81b62 100644
--- a/src/SolidStateDetector/Semiconductor.jl
+++ b/src/SolidStateDetector/Semiconductor.jl
@@ -51,10 +51,7 @@ end
 function Semiconductor{T}(dict::AbstractDict, input_units::NamedTuple, outer_transformations) where T <: SSDFloat
 
     impurity_density_model = if haskey(dict, "impurity_density") 
-        hascorrections = haskey(dict["impurity_density"], "corrections")
-        impurity_density_scale = hascorrections ? _parse_value(T, get(dict["impurity_density"]["corrections"], "scale", 1), NoUnits) : T(1)
-        impurity_density_offset = hascorrections ? _parse_value(T, get(dict["impurity_density"]["corrections"], "offset", 0), input_units.length^(-3)) : T(0)
-        impurity_density_scale * ImpurityDensity(T, dict["impurity_density"], input_units) + impurity_density_offset
+        imp = ImpurityDensity(T, dict["impurity_density"], input_units)
     elseif haskey(dict, "charge_density_model") 
         @warn "Config file deprication: The field \"charge_density_model\" under semiconductor is deprecated. 
             It should be changed to \"impurity_density\". In later version this will result in an error.