diff --git a/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.hh b/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.hh
index 8a711b0524682dc0274915df65a1c6cb766ba41f..721252ea17d6af29e8f8c5d56923209d99d21052 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.hh
+++ b/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.hh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     DOFVector< std::list<WorldVector<double> > >::Iterator coordIt(dofCoords, USED_DOFS);
 
     file << std::scientific;
-    file.precision(15);
+    file.precision(5);
          
     // Write the values for all vertex DOFs.
     for (intPointIt.reset(), valueIt.reset(), coordIt.reset();