diff --git a/PRIVATE b/PRIVATE
index 127a96032..e09200041 160000
--- a/PRIVATE
+++ b/PRIVATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 127a96032d491b26cee29c81a3183e804afa4dbd
+Subproject commit e09200041104f8f96bdd25a8216e096300721b75
diff --git a/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_nonlocal.f90 b/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_nonlocal.f90
index efd45e97b..834b7f4dc 100644
--- a/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_nonlocal.f90
+++ b/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_nonlocal.f90
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ module function plastic_nonlocal_init() result(myPlasticity)
     mech  => phase%get('mechanical')
     pl  => mech%get('plastic')
 
-    phase_localPlasticity(ph) = .not. pl%contains('nonlocal')
+    phase_localPlasticity(ph) = .not. pl%get_asBool('nonlocal')
 
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
     prm%output = output_as1dString(pl)