diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp
index 8b6dd1c8..2c42d537 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.cpp
@@ -857,24 +857,17 @@ DLL_HEADER void ExportNetgenMeshing(py::module &m)
             self.SetMaxHDomain(maxh);
           })
     .def ("GenerateVolumeMesh", 
-          [](Mesh & self, py::object pymp)
+          [](Mesh & self, py::kwargs kwargs)
            {
-             cout << "generate vol mesh" << endl;
-
              MeshingParameters mp;
              {
                py::gil_scoped_acquire acquire;
-             if (py::extract<MeshingParameters>(pymp).check())
-               mp = py::extract<MeshingParameters>(pymp)();
-             else
-               {
-                 mp.optsteps3d = 5;
-               }
+               mp = CreateMPfromKwargs(kwargs);
              }
              MeshVolume (mp, self);
              OptimizeVolume (mp, self);
-           },
-          py::arg("mp")=NGDummyArgument(),py::call_guard<py::gil_scoped_release>())
+           }, meshingparameter_description.c_str(),
+          py::call_guard<py::gil_scoped_release>())
 
     .def ("OptimizeVolumeMesh", [](Mesh & self)
           {
diff --git a/tests/pytest/test_pickling.py b/tests/pytest/test_pickling.py
index e6059532..17f22163 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/test_pickling.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/test_pickling.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def test_pickle_occ():
     except:
         import pytest
         pytest.skip("can't import occ")
-    geo = OCCGeometry("../../tutorials/frame.step")
+    geo = occ.OCCGeometry("../../tutorials/frame.step")
     geo_dump = pickle.dumps(geo)
     geo2 = pickle.loads(geo_dump)
     vd1 = geo._visualizationData()