diff --git a/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp b/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp
index 14fa5374..796bd32c 100644
--- a/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp
@@ -1289,10 +1289,12 @@ namespace netgen
 
 
 
-  int OCCGenerateMesh (OCCGeometry & geom, shared_ptr<Mesh> & mesh, MeshingParameters & mparam)
+  int OCCGenerateMesh (OCCGeometry & geom, shared_ptr<Mesh> & mesh, MeshingParameters & mp)
    {
       multithread.percent = 0;
 
+      netgen::mparam = mp;
+
       if (mparam.perfstepsstart <= MESHCONST_ANALYSE)
       {
          if(mesh.get() == nullptr)