diff --git a/src/sand-wedge-data/special_writer.hh b/src/sand-wedge-data/special_writer.hh
index 07dfacf737fa8485afd4ba6726582efdf542ffe9..e16e161309d7427522c5fca014c2070aef2d0e7a 100644
--- a/src/sand-wedge-data/special_writer.hh
+++ b/src/sand-wedge-data/special_writer.hh
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ template <class GridView, int dimension> class SpecialWriter {
   std::pair<ElementPointer, LocalVector> globalToLocal(LocalVector const &x)
       const {
     auto const element = hsearch_.findEntity(x);
-    return std::pair<ElementPointer, LocalVector>(element,
-                                                  element->geometry().local(x));
+    return std::make_pair(element, element->geometry().local(x));
   }
 
   std::fstream writer_;