diff --git a/cosserat-continuum.cc b/cosserat-continuum.cc
index 6b9635b82635866c12f12dac6fc014cde2fe2845..ad27cd31c0cd95474c416a4a800fd2bc98dc65c2 100644
--- a/cosserat-continuum.cc
+++ b/cosserat-continuum.cc
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) try
     //   Create an assembler for the Harmonic Energy Functional
     // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-    CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness<GridType::LeafGridView,TargetSpace> harmonicEnergyLocalStiffness;
+    CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness<GridType::LeafGridView,3> harmonicEnergyLocalStiffness;
 
     GeodesicFEAssembler<GridType::LeafGridView,TargetSpace> assembler(grid.leafView(),
                                                                       &harmonicEnergyLocalStiffness);
diff --git a/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh b/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh
index 8e1e0d06ff51c8f8953bfb86c7c0cc8b5e0f8b2c..93e7be3a1699a29c602fad659e41d1e615e576a3 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@
 
 #include "localgeodesicfestiffness.hh"
 #include "localgeodesicfefunction.hh"
+#include <dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh>
 
 
-template<class GridView, class TargetSpace>
+template<class GridView, int dim>
 class CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness 
-    : public LocalGeodesicFEStiffness<GridView,TargetSpace>
+    : public LocalGeodesicFEStiffness<GridView,RigidBodyMotion<dim> >
 {
     // grid types
     typedef typename GridView::Grid::ctype DT;
+    typedef RigidBodyMotion<dim> TargetSpace;
     typedef typename TargetSpace::ctype RT;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Entity;
     
@@ -31,10 +33,10 @@ public:
 
 };
 
-template <class GridView, class TargetSpace>
-typename CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness<GridView, TargetSpace>::RT CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness<GridView, TargetSpace>::
+template <class GridView, int dim>
+typename CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness<GridView, dim>::RT CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness<GridView, dim>::
 energy(const Entity& element,
-       const std::vector<TargetSpace>& localSolution) const
+       const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<dim> >& localSolution) const
 {
     RT energy = 0;