diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
index b64bac417..b52003d79 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ geom=damask.Geom(microstructure,options.size,
                  comments=[scriptID + ' ' + ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])])
 damask.util.croak(geom)
 
-geom.save_ASCII(sys.stdout if name is None else name,pack=False)
+geom.save_ASCII(sys.stdout if name is None else name,compress=False)