From 6b184e8079bb33310cd3bf441cff59f82a7305b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:39:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] copy-and-paste bugfix from @stanmoore1

---
 src/balance.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/balance.cpp b/src/balance.cpp
index 3bd083e2b9..6f28081f13 100644
--- a/src/balance.cpp
+++ b/src/balance.cpp
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void Balance::options(int iarg, int narg, char **arg, int sortflag_default)
       }
       iarg += 2+nopt;
 
-    } else if (strcmp(arg[iarg+1],"sort") == 0) {
+    } else if (strcmp(arg[iarg],"sort") == 0) {
       if (iarg+2 > narg) utils::missing_cmd_args(FLERR, "balance sort", error);
       sortflag = utils::logical(FLERR,arg[iarg+1],false,lmp);
       iarg += 2;