diff --git a/processing/post/marc_deformedGeometry.py b/processing/post/marc_deformedGeometry.py
index 1461d6b54..166f6fedd 100755
--- a/processing/post/marc_deformedGeometry.py
+++ b/processing/post/marc_deformedGeometry.py
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ parser.add_option('-r','--range', dest='range', type='int', nargs=3, \
                   help='range of positions (or increments) to output (start, end, step) [all]')
 parser.add_option('--increments', action='store_true', dest='getIncrements', \
                   help='switch to increment range [%default]')
+parser.add_option('--scale', dest='scale', type='float', \
+                  help='scaling factor for the nodal displacements [%default]')
 
 
 parser.set_defaults(dir = 'vtk')
 parser.set_defaults(getIncrements= False)
+parser.set_defaults(scale = 1)
 
 (options, files) = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ for incCount,position in enumerate(locations):     # walk through locations
   node_displacement = [[0,0,0] for i in range(Nnodes)]
   for n in range(Nnodes):
     if p.node_displacements():
-      node_displacement[n] = list(p.node_displacement(n))
+      node_displacement[n] = map(lambda x:x*options.scale,list(p.node_displacement(n)))
   c = damask.core.mesh.mesh_build_cellnodes(numpy.array(node_displacement).T,Ncellnodes)
   cellnode_displacement = [[c[i][n] for i in range(3)] for n in range(Ncellnodes)]