diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
index 43644f8b..a32399a6 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 namespace metis {
   extern "C" {
 
-#include <metis.h>
+#include <metis5.h>
 
 #if METIS_VER_MAJOR >= 5
 #define METIS5
     typedef idx_t idxtype;   
 #else
 #define METIS4
-    typedef idxtype idx_t;   
+    typedef idxtype idx_t;  
 #endif
   } 
 }
@@ -797,16 +797,16 @@ namespace netgen
     int nparts = ntasks-1;
     int edgecut;
 
-    /*
+
     int ncommon = 3;
     METIS_PartMeshDual (&ne, &nn, &eptr[0], &eind[0], NULL, NULL, &ncommon, &nparts,
 			NULL, NULL,
 			&edgecut, &epart[0], &npart[0]);
-    */
+    /*
     METIS_PartMeshNodal (&ne, &nn, &eptr[0], &eind[0], NULL, NULL, &nparts,
 			 NULL, NULL,
 			 &edgecut, &epart[0], &npart[0]);
-
+    */
     PrintMessage (3, "metis complete");
     // cout << "done" << endl;
 
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp
index 3f5ac9f2..138b339a 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace netgen
 
 
     
-    MPI_Barrier (MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+    // MPI_Barrier (MPI_COMM_WORLD);
 
     MPI_Group MPI_GROUP_WORLD;
     MPI_Group MPI_LocalGroup;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ namespace netgen
  
     NgProfiler::StopTimer (timere);
 
-    MPI_Barrier (MPI_LocalComm);
+    // MPI_Barrier (MPI_LocalComm);
 
 
     if (mesh.GetDimension() == 3)