diff --git a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh
index adf68f581f619a0337e955e9676a2368f3af8e60..2c9fd6b5aa7f6d2754c9e9e919c253bb3b14f04f 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /** \brief Iteration step of a fixed-point method for rod-continua couplings
  */
-emplate <class RodGridType, class ContinuumGridType>
+template <class RodGridType, class ContinuumGridType>
 class RodContinuumFixedPointStep
 : public RodContinuumDDStep<RodGridType,ContinuumGridType>
 {