diff --git a/src/material.f90 b/src/material.f90
index 5b005d87c..04946efe1 100644
--- a/src/material.f90
+++ b/src/material.f90
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ subroutine material_parseTexture
     
     
    if (textureConfig(t)%keyExists('(fiber)')) then
-     gauss = gauss + 1_pInt
+     fiber = fiber + 1_pInt
      strings = textureConfig(t)%getStrings('(fiber)',raw= .true.)
      do i = 1_pInt, size(strings)
        chunkPos = IO_stringPos(strings(i))