diff --git a/src/core/io/src/4C_io_meshreader.cpp b/src/core/io/src/4C_io_meshreader.cpp
index a0ef2da101f..591628bc48b 100644
--- a/src/core/io/src/4C_io_meshreader.cpp
+++ b/src/core/io/src/4C_io_meshreader.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void Core::IO::MeshReader::rebalance()
                       << "hypergraph"
                       << " .........\n";
 
-          rebalanceParams.set("partitioning method", "HYPERGRAPH");
+          rebalanceParams.set("partitioning method", "graph");
 
           // here we can reuse the graph, which was calculated before, this saves us some time
           std::tie(rowmap, colmap) =