diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellShapeControlMesh/cellShapeControlMesh.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellShapeControlMesh/cellShapeControlMesh.C
index 9c2c55e466..8a19b85fda 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellShapeControlMesh/cellShapeControlMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellShapeControlMesh/cellShapeControlMesh.C
@@ -816,6 +816,13 @@ void Foam::cellShapeControlMesh::write() const
             )
             {
                 Info<< "Bad alignment = " << vit->info();
+
+                triad tmpTriad(vit->alignment());
+                tmpTriad.orthogonalize();
+                vit->alignment() = tmpTriad;
+
+                Info<< "New alignment = " << vit->info();
+
                 continue;
             }