diff --git a/Geo/GModelIO_Mesh.cpp b/Geo/GModelIO_Mesh.cpp
index 741c601506aee3d65d9b1bd11703e4b50adb010f..f439ff7dd77097a19e4dcc0025c1f5097beb2bc9 100644
--- a/Geo/GModelIO_Mesh.cpp
+++ b/Geo/GModelIO_Mesh.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "PViewDataList.h"
 #endif
 
-#define FAST_ELEMENTS 1
+#define FAST_ELEMENTS 0
 
 void GModel::_storePhysicalTagsInEntities(int dim,
                                           std::map<int, std::map<int, std::string> > &map)