diff --git a/cpp/full_code/NSVE_field_stats.cpp b/cpp/full_code/NSVE_field_stats.cpp
index 9c6ea1c13ff2de6a7c2138be8e6a18bb30cf9a61..7a4f1312ff15e291321058dbcc0907b1d681f374 100644
--- a/cpp/full_code/NSVE_field_stats.cpp
+++ b/cpp/full_code/NSVE_field_stats.cpp
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ int NSVE_field_stats<rnumber>::read_current_cvorticity(void)
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 template <typename rnumber>
-int NSVE_field_stats<rnumber>::read_arbitrary_cvorticity(int iter)
+int NSVE_field_stats<rnumber>::read_arbitrary_cvorticity(int arbitrary_iteration)
 {
     TIMEZONE("NSVE_field_stats::read_arbitrary_cvorticity");
     this->vorticity->real_space_representation = false;
     if (this->bin_IO != NULL)
     {
         char itername[16];
-        sprintf(itername, "i%.5x", iter);
+        sprintf(itername, "i%.5x", arbitrary_iteration);
         std::string native_binary_fname = (
                 this->simname +
                 std::string("_cvorticity_") +
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int NSVE_field_stats<rnumber>::read_arbitrary_cvorticity(int iter)
         this->vorticity->io(
                 this->simname + std::string("_fields.h5"),
                 "vorticity",
-                iter,
+                arbitrary_iteration,
                 true);
     }
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;