diff --git a/ProcessLib/Output/Output.cpp b/ProcessLib/Output/Output.cpp
index 17a958fbb609a6a5e57d2827c872515cf6628303..73ee24acc75dd77991320a0142b93125f3d25122 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/Output/Output.cpp
+++ b/ProcessLib/Output/Output.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ void Output::outputMeshXdmf(OutputFile const& output_file,
                 mesh, path, timestep, t,
                 _output_data_specification.output_variables, output_file.compression));
     }
+    else
+    {
     _mesh_xdmf_hdf_writer->writeStep(timestep, t);
+    };
 }