diff --git a/src/io.f90 b/src/io.f90
index cff9587..c4ced7f 100644
--- a/src/io.f90
+++ b/src/io.f90
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ module io
 
         !Only increment the lattice types if there are elements, if there are no elements then we 
         !just overwrite the arrays
-        if(in_eles > 0) lattice_types =  maxval(new_lattice_map)
+        lattice_types =  maxval(new_lattice_map)
 
 
         sub_box_num = sub_box_num + n