diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index d84ad8963c3..5f0996c2f3a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Guidelines for modifications:
 * Johnson Sun
 * Kaixi Bao
 * Kourosh Darvish
+* Kousheek Chakraborty
 * Lionel Gulich
 * Louis Le Lay
 * Lorenz Wellhausen
diff --git a/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/envs/manager_based_env.py b/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/envs/manager_based_env.py
index 9f1b9087491..43836b58875 100644
--- a/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/envs/manager_based_env.py
+++ b/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/envs/manager_based_env.py
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ def __init__(self, cfg: ManagerBasedEnvCfg):
         # counter for simulation steps
         self._sim_step_counter = 0
 
+        # allocate dictionary to store metrics
+        self.extras = {}
+
         # generate scene
         with Timer("[INFO]: Time taken for scene creation", "scene_creation"):
             self.scene = InteractiveScene(self.cfg.scene)
@@ -170,9 +173,6 @@ def __init__(self, cfg: ManagerBasedEnvCfg):
             # if no window, then we don't need to store the window
             self._window = None
 
-        # allocate dictionary to store metrics
-        self.extras = {}
-
         # initialize observation buffers
         self.obs_buf = {}