diff --git a/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.C b/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.C
index 3e79047e..e1876bb7 100644
--- a/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.C
+++ b/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.C
@@ -67,12 +67,8 @@ engineSearchIB::engineSearchIB
     engineSearch(dict.subDict(typeName + "Props"),sm),
     propsDict_(dict.subDict(typeName + "Props")),
     zSplit_(readLabel(propsDict_.lookup("zSplit"))),
-    xySplit_(readLabel(propsDict_.lookup("xySplit"))),
-    checkPeriodicCells_(false)
+    xySplit_(readLabel(propsDict_.lookup("xySplit")))
 {
-
-    if(propsDict_.found("checkPeriodicCells")) checkPeriodicCells_=true;
-
 }
 
 
@@ -93,6 +89,7 @@ label engineSearchIB::findCell
     int size
 ) const
 {
+    bool checkPeriodicCells(particleCloud_.checkPeriodicCells());
     const boundBox& globalBb = particleCloud_.mesh().bounds();
 
     vector position;
@@ -145,7 +142,7 @@ label engineSearchIB::findCell
 
             		altStartPos=findSingleCell(pos,oldID); //particleCloud_.mesh().findCell(pos);//
                     //check for periodic domains
-                    if(checkPeriodicCells_)
+                    if(checkPeriodicCells)
                     {
                         for(int iDir=0;iDir<3;iDir++)
                         {
diff --git a/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.H b/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.H
index 5a7bda5f..7faf6785 100644
--- a/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.H
+++ b/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/locateModel/engineSearchIB/engineSearchIB.H
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ private:
 
     	const label xySplit_;
     	
-    	bool checkPeriodicCells_;
 
 public: