diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_check.sh b/processing/pre/geom_check.sh
index 4342f93e6..2a690918e 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_check.sh
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_check.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ do
   < $geom \
   | \
   vtk_addRectilinearGridData \
+    --vtk ${geom%.*}.vtk \
     --data microstructure \
-    --inplace \
-    --vtk ${geom%.*}.vtk
+
   rm ${geom%.*}.vtk
 done