diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py
index 3d6618bd2..6f2cb5b4d 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ for name in filenames:
                        homogenization=options.homogenization,comments=header)
     damask.util.croak(geom)
 
-    geom.save_ASCII(sys.stdout if name is None else os.path.splitext(name)[0]+'.geom',pack=False)
+    geom.save_ASCII(sys.stdout if name is None else os.path.splitext(name)[0]+'.geom',compress=False)