diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.cpp
index c082e767..dfc8663a 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ namespace netgen
     orderx = ordery = 1;
     refflag = 1;
     strongrefflag = false;
-    is_curved = false;
+    is_curved = 0;
   } 
 
   Element2d :: Element2d (int anp)
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
index 62d9f0b8..c9528c61 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ namespace netgen
     // Set a new property for each element, to 
     // control whether it is visible or not
     bool visible:1;  // element visible
-    bool is_curved:1;   // element is (high order) curved
+    bool is_curved;   // element is (high order) curved
     /// order for hp-FEM
     unsigned int orderx:6;
     unsigned int ordery:6;
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ namespace netgen
           { "pnum", offsetof(Element2d, pnum)},
           { "index", offsetof(Element2d, index) },
           { "np", offsetof(Element2d, np) },
-          { "refine", offsetof(Element2d, refflag) }
+          { "refine", offsetof(Element2d, refflag) },
+          { "curved", offsetof(Element2d, is_curved)}
         });
     }
 
@@ -741,7 +742,7 @@ namespace netgen
        unsigned int levelz:6; */ 
     /// stored shape-badness of element
     float badness;
-    bool is_curved:1;   // element is (high order) curved
+    bool is_curved;   // element is (high order) curved
 
     class flagstruct {
     public:
@@ -767,7 +768,8 @@ namespace netgen
           { "pnum", offsetof(Element, pnum)},
           { "index", offsetof(Element, index) },
           { "np", offsetof(Element, np) },
-          { "refine", offsetof(Element, flags.refflag) }          
+          { "refine", offsetof(Element, flags.refflag) },
+          { "curved", offsetof(Element, is_curved)}
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp
index f7bd1e22..15a29c47 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp
@@ -466,7 +466,11 @@ DLL_HEADER void ExportNetgenMeshing(py::module &m)
         py::detail::field_descriptor {
           "refine", data_layout["refine"], sizeof(bool),
           py::format_descriptor<bool>::format(),
-          py::detail::npy_format_descriptor<bool>::dtype() }            
+          py::detail::npy_format_descriptor<bool>::dtype() },            
+        py::detail::field_descriptor {
+          "curved", data_layout["curved"], sizeof(bool),
+          py::format_descriptor<bool>::format(),
+          py::detail::npy_format_descriptor<bool>::dtype()}            
       });
   }
 
@@ -557,6 +561,10 @@ DLL_HEADER void ExportNetgenMeshing(py::module &m)
         py::detail::field_descriptor {
           "refine", data_layout["refine"], sizeof(bool),
           py::format_descriptor<bool>::format(),
+          py::detail::npy_format_descriptor<bool>::dtype() },
+        py::detail::field_descriptor {
+          "curved", data_layout["curved"], sizeof(bool),
+          py::format_descriptor<bool>::format(),
           py::detail::npy_format_descriptor<bool>::dtype() }
       });
   }