diff --git a/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp b/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp
index 81cc3a5d745a7e1b62053b475dbe6735af491446..785714776aba55ace772c3ae027c5abe27e8ff29 100644
--- a/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp
@@ -199,11 +199,12 @@ MeshLib::Properties NodePartitionedMeshReader::readPropertiesBinary(
     const std::string& file_name_base) const
 {
     MeshLib::Properties p;
-    readNodePropertiesBinary(file_name_base, MeshLib::MeshItemType::Node, p);
+    readPropertiesBinary(file_name_base, MeshLib::MeshItemType::Node, p);
+    readPropertiesBinary(file_name_base, MeshLib::MeshItemType::Cell, p);
     return p;
 }
 
-void NodePartitionedMeshReader::readNodePropertiesBinary(
+void NodePartitionedMeshReader::readPropertiesBinary(
     const std::string& file_name_base, MeshLib::MeshItemType t,
     MeshLib::Properties& p) const
 {
diff --git a/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.h b/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.h
index 221b19309d4e98416f7762a771ca293f35fe2322..9b1288ed20b1a1fb42bf0462b90aab67e5d5b105 100644
--- a/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.h
+++ b/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.h
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ private:
     MeshLib::Properties readPropertiesBinary(
         const std::string& file_name_base) const;
 
-    void readNodePropertiesBinary(const std::string& file_name_base,
-                                  MeshLib::MeshItemType t,
-                                  MeshLib::Properties& p) const;
+    void readPropertiesBinary(const std::string& file_name_base,
+                              MeshLib::MeshItemType t,
+                              MeshLib::Properties& p) const;
 
     void readDomainSpecificPartOfPropertyVectors(
         std::vector<boost::optional<MeshLib::IO::PropertyVectorMetaData>> const&