diff --git a/dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh b/dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh
index 36f828245d10dd1a4ad946e979c94dd6d7e71cd7..497ca323642865fb188f8037af3ab465229a0400 100644
--- a/dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <vector>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
 
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/componenttraits.hh>
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ public:
      * \param pressMax The maximum of the pressure range in \f$\mathrm{[Pa]}\f$
      * \param nPress The number of entries/steps within the pressure range
      */
-    static void init(Scalar tempMin, Scalar tempMax, unsigned nTemp,
-                     Scalar pressMin, Scalar pressMax, unsigned nPress)
+    static void init(Scalar tempMin, Scalar tempMax, std::size_t nTemp,
+                     Scalar pressMin, Scalar pressMax, std::size_t nPress)
     {
 #ifndef NDEBUG
         initialized_  = true;
@@ -111,6 +112,15 @@ public:
         nPress_ = nPress;
         nDensity_ = nPress_;
 
+        std::cout << "-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
+                  << "Initializing tables for the " << RawComponent::name()
+                  << " fluid properties (" << nTemp*nPress  << " entries).\n"
+                  << "Temperature -> min: " << std::scientific << std::setprecision(3)
+                  << tempMin << ", max: "  << tempMax << ", n: " << nTemp << '\n'
+                  << "Pressure    -> min: " << std::scientific << std::setprecision(3)
+                  << pressMin << ", max: " << pressMax << ", n: " << nPress << '\n'
+                  << "-------------------------------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
+
         // resize & initilialize the arrays with NaN
         assert(std::numeric_limits<Scalar>::has_quiet_NaN);
         const auto NaN = std::numeric_limits<Scalar>::quiet_NaN();
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2p1c.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2p1c.hh
index 33d19365212ba3fab5f4e8cfd0cd70b7ab0a142c..06f369f5d3418cb6c426f7022164ae7362ff38e3 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2p1c.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2p1c.hh
@@ -256,11 +256,8 @@ public:
     static void init(Scalar tempMin, Scalar tempMax, unsigned nTemp,
                      Scalar pressMin, Scalar pressMax, unsigned nPress)
     {
-        if (Component::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the fluid properties ("
-                      << nTemp*nPress
-                      << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (Component::isTabulated)
+        {
             Component::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                                pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh
index de49c4011c8c615f63cb387297c6419deeb6cce8..e65823f8d8300c007665a5db556d8e676b17c9cd 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh
@@ -274,7 +274,32 @@ public:
      * \brief Initialize the fluid system's static parameters
      */
     static void init()
-    {}
+    {
+        // initialize with some default values
+        init(/*tempMin=*/273.15, /*tempMax=*/623.15, /*numTemp=*/100,
+             /*pMin=*/-10.0, /*pMax=*/20e6, /*numP=*/200);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Initialize the fluid system's static parameters using
+     *        problem specific temperature and pressure ranges
+     *
+     * \param tempMin The minimum temperature used for tabulation of water \f$\mathrm{[K]}\f$
+     * \param tempMax The maximum temperature used for tabulation of water\f$\mathrm{[K]}\f$
+     * \param nTemp The number of ticks on the temperature axis of the  table of water
+     * \param pressMin The minimum pressure used for tabulation of water \f$\mathrm{[Pa]}\f$
+     * \param pressMax The maximum pressure used for tabulation of water \f$\mathrm{[Pa]}\f$
+     * \param nPress The number of ticks on the pressure axis of the  table of water
+     */
+    static void init(Scalar tempMin, Scalar tempMax, std::size_t nTemp,
+                     Scalar pressMin, Scalar pressMax, std::size_t nPress)
+    {
+        if (Fluid0::Component::isTabulated)
+            Fluid0::Component::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp, pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
+
+        if (Fluid1::Component::isTabulated)
+            Fluid1::Component::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp, pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
+    }
 
     using Base::density;
     /*!
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh
index e1b1db39ff23aa565f94e3dc2eedf9e966a6e2f9..490d037a08f4c5e49457a76bf93850ea75ce432e 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh
@@ -279,11 +279,8 @@ public:
         else
             std::cout << "Using fast Brine-Air fluid system\n";
 
-        if (H2O::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-                        << nTemp*nPress
-                        << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (H2O::isTabulated)
+        {
             H2O::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                                 pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh
index 7edace0ec291789480a44814a32cc73b5edfd90b..18346200a9d74a356fe5c847fb007a9ff2033bc2 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh
@@ -345,11 +345,8 @@ public:
         else
             std::cout << "Using fast H2O-Air fluid system\n";
 
-        if (H2O::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-                      << nTemp*nPress
-                      << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (H2O::isTabulated)
+        {
             H2O::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                       pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh
index e44dcad3c89f98456060251795fbcf10ebf6850c..e725bc6fe9f40be38a00c81e858a6e23cb89b6e0 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh
@@ -110,11 +110,8 @@ public:
     static void init(Scalar tempMin, Scalar tempMax, unsigned nTemp,
                      Scalar pressMin, Scalar pressMax, unsigned nPress)
     {
-        if (H2O::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-                      << nTemp*nPress
-                      << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (H2O::isTabulated)
+        {
             H2O::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                       pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh
index 1805ef2dcd9741bea738f9f722603a068c6d7564..bd48994c5fcb7656e4470867e0ee7e7526f1ae4d 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh
@@ -110,11 +110,8 @@ public:
     static void init(Scalar tempMin, Scalar tempMax, unsigned nTemp,
                      Scalar pressMin, Scalar pressMax, unsigned nPress)
     {
-        if (H2O::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-            << nTemp*nPress
-            << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (H2O::isTabulated)
+        {
             H2O::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                       pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoil.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoil.hh
index 14f959b814558b7cc05b34b14fde3c8f5331c98c..bae72fd9c7b3d9b0f48bcfe745b126408f3a68aa 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoil.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoil.hh
@@ -99,11 +99,8 @@ public:
     static void init(Scalar tempMin, Scalar tempMax, unsigned nTemp,
                      Scalar pressMin, Scalar pressMax, unsigned nPress)
     {
-        if (H2O::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-                      << nTemp*nPress
-                      << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (H2O::isTabulated)
+        {
             H2O::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                       pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh
index 1d2b2cb2e136894754c6224b7760586107072d0a..118a8128cfb1f9e6f26d6605bc249f6171c1e566 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh
@@ -337,11 +337,8 @@ public:
         else
             std::cout << "Using fast H2O-N2 fluid system\n";
 
-        if (H2O::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-                      << nTemp*nPress
-                      << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (H2O::isTabulated)
+        {
             TabulatedH2O::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                                pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh
index c2767b3bd440bb7f595dd216fcf2677993c3bac9..11bf5b76183d23fb905ed33699b567d1f77b127d 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh
@@ -409,11 +409,8 @@ public:
         else
             std::cout << "Using fast H2O-N2-O2 fluid system\n";
 
-        if (H2O::isTabulated) {
-            std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-                      << nTemp*nPress
-                      << " entries).\n";
-
+        if (H2O::isTabulated)
+        {
             TabulatedH2O::init(tempMin, tempMax, nTemp,
                                pressMin, pressMax, nPress);
         }