diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/hprefinement.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/hprefinement.cpp
index 25fc890f..b7507e33 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/hprefinement.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/hprefinement.cpp
@@ -1407,6 +1407,8 @@ namespace netgen
 		    el.SetIndex(hpel.index);
 		    if(setorders)
 		      el.SetOrder(act_ref+1,act_ref+1,0); 
+                    if((*mesh.coarsemesh)[SurfaceElementIndex{hpel.coarse_elnr}].IsCurved())
+                        el.SetCurved(true);
 		    mesh.AddSurfaceElement(el);
 		    break; 
 		  } 
@@ -1422,6 +1424,8 @@ namespace netgen
 		    el.hp_elnr = i; 
 		    if(setorders)
 		      el.SetOrder(act_ref+1,act_ref+1,act_ref+1);
+                    if((*mesh.coarsemesh)[ElementIndex{hpel.coarse_elnr}].IsCurved())
+                        el.SetCurved(true);
 		    mesh.AddVolumeElement(el); 
 		    break;
 		  } 
diff --git a/libsrc/visualization/vssolution.cpp b/libsrc/visualization/vssolution.cpp
index d0aa8468..c39156ea 100644
--- a/libsrc/visualization/vssolution.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/visualization/vssolution.cpp
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ namespace netgen
             // NgProfiler::StopTimer(timer1c);
             
 #else
-	    bool curved = curv.IsSurfaceElementCurved(sei);
+	    bool curved = (*mesh)[sei].IsCurved();
 
             for (int iy = 0, ii = 0; iy <= n; iy++)
               for (int ix = 0; ix <= n-iy; ix++, ii++)