diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
index 08f68c1897f25722ae22271e49496e989aa925ed..988a9a78474d025be48ab2b3b8ebbeb8a1d33f79 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::writeElementsASCII(
         for (const auto* node : partition.nodes)
         {
             nodes_local_ids[node->getID()] = node_local_id_offset;
-            node_local_id_offset++;
+            ++node_local_id_offset;
         }
 
         for (const auto* elem : partition.regular_elements)