diff --git a/FuzzerLoop.cpp b/FuzzerLoop.cpp
index dd82891..84ea2d6 100644
--- a/FuzzerLoop.cpp
+++ b/FuzzerLoop.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@
 }
 
 void Fuzzer::ShuffleAndMinimize(UnitVector *InitialCorpus) {
-  Printf("#0\tREAD units: %zd\n", InitialCorpus->size());
+  Printf("#0\tREAD units: %zd; rss: %zdMb\n", InitialCorpus->size(),
+         GetPeakRSSMb());
   if (Options.ShuffleAtStartUp)
     ShuffleCorpus(InitialCorpus);
 
@@ -624,7 +625,33 @@
   }
 }
 
-void Fuzzer::Loop() {
+void Fuzzer::ReadAndExecuteSeedCorpora(const Vector<std::string> &CorpusDirs) {
+  const size_t kMaxSaneLen = 1 << 20;
+  const size_t kMinDefaultLen = 4096;
+  size_t TemporaryMaxLen = Options.MaxLen ? Options.MaxLen : kMaxSaneLen;
+  UnitVector InitialCorpus;
+  for (auto &Inp : CorpusDirs) {
+    Printf("Loading corpus dir: %s\n", Inp.c_str());
+    ReadDirToVectorOfUnits(Inp.c_str(), &InitialCorpus, nullptr,
+                           TemporaryMaxLen, /*ExitOnError=*/false);
+  }
+  if (Options.MaxLen == 0) {
+    size_t MaxLen = 0;
+    for (auto &U : InitialCorpus)
+      MaxLen = std::max(U.size(), MaxLen);
+    SetMaxInputLen(std::min(std::max(kMinDefaultLen, MaxLen), kMaxSaneLen));
+  }
+
+  if (InitialCorpus.empty()) {
+    InitialCorpus.push_back(Unit({'\n'}));  // Valid ASCII input.
+    if (Options.Verbosity)
+      Printf("INFO: A corpus is not provided, starting from an empty corpus\n");
+  }
+  ShuffleAndMinimize(&InitialCorpus);
+}
+
+void Fuzzer::Loop(const Vector<std::string> &CorpusDirs) {
+  ReadAndExecuteSeedCorpora(CorpusDirs);
   TPC.SetPrintNewPCs(Options.PrintNewCovPcs);
   TPC.SetPrintNewFuncs(Options.PrintNewCovFuncs);
   system_clock::time_point LastCorpusReload = system_clock::now();