diff --git a/src/vtk.cc b/src/vtk.cc
index 6755b8b7b122f1312ab1372f10788e7ec9d2cc9d..53ab2b2c0656b6801705979a00b4202d6341b4dd 100644
--- a/src/vtk.cc
+++ b/src/vtk.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void MyVTKWriter<VertexBasis, CellBasis>::write(
   writer.addCellData(stressPointer);
 
   std::string const filename = prefix + std::to_string(record);
-  writer.write(filename.c_str());
+  writer.write(filename.c_str(), Dune::VTK::appendedraw);
 }
 
 #include "vtk_tmpl.cc"