diff --git a/MeshGeoToolsLib/AppendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp b/MeshGeoToolsLib/AppendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp
index 4e06ff99459db8d3f3b84cdfe519b0e9be843f70..c107c4d10896e4f90037229c9677bd25b273cd1b 100644
--- a/MeshGeoToolsLib/AppendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp
+++ b/MeshGeoToolsLib/AppendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp
@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ std::unique_ptr<MeshLib::Mesh> appendLinesAlongPolylines(
     std::vector<MeshLib::Element*> vec_new_eles = MeshLib::copyElementVector(mesh.getElements(), vec_new_nodes);
 
     std::vector<int> new_mat_ids;
+    try
     {
-        if (mesh.getProperties().existsPropertyVector<int>("MaterialIDs")) {
-            auto ids =
-                mesh.getProperties().getPropertyVector<int>("MaterialIDs");
-            new_mat_ids.reserve(ids->size());
-            std::copy(ids->cbegin(), ids->cend(),
-                      std::back_inserter(new_mat_ids));
-        }
+        auto ids = mesh.getProperties().getPropertyVector<int>(
+            "MaterialIDs", MeshLib::MeshItemType::Cell, 1);
+        new_mat_ids.reserve(ids->size());
+        std::copy(ids->cbegin(), ids->cend(), std::back_inserter(new_mat_ids));
+    }
+    catch (std::runtime_error const& e)
+    {
+        WARN("%s", e.what());
     }
     int max_matID(0);
     if (!new_mat_ids.empty())
diff --git a/MeshGeoToolsLib/IdentifySubdomainMesh.cpp b/MeshGeoToolsLib/IdentifySubdomainMesh.cpp
index 5b69d073d90ad38f28af3c494ff5ccdda75bb40b..07c0313b0a7bec1eb8207b0bfe3130e55f27a13b 100644
--- a/MeshGeoToolsLib/IdentifySubdomainMesh.cpp
+++ b/MeshGeoToolsLib/IdentifySubdomainMesh.cpp
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ std::vector<std::vector<std::size_t>> identifySubdomainMeshElements(
     MeshLib::Mesh const& subdomain_mesh, MeshLib::Mesh const& bulk_mesh)
 {
     auto& properties = subdomain_mesh.getProperties();
-    auto const& bulk_node_ids =
-        *properties.getPropertyVector<std::size_t>("bulk_node_ids");
+    auto const& bulk_node_ids = *properties.getPropertyVector<std::size_t>(
+        "bulk_node_ids", MeshLib::MeshItemType::Node, 1);
 
     // Allocate space for all elements for random insertion.
     std::vector<std::vector<std::size_t>> bulk_element_ids_map(