diff --git a/src/localgeodesicfefunction.hh b/src/localgeodesicfefunction.hh
index 1fe579953530f697d2ca28b7be0901492ca6a8eb..35aaef6ee1156c70a9f39505fc908aa0420a6371 100644
--- a/src/localgeodesicfefunction.hh
+++ b/src/localgeodesicfefunction.hh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ private:
             result[0]  -= local[i];
             result[i+1] = local[i];
         }
+        return result;
     }