diff --git a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceCoarsen/surfaceCoarsen.C b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceCoarsen/surfaceCoarsen.C
index 1ab971475e..349b483882 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceCoarsen/surfaceCoarsen.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceCoarsen/surfaceCoarsen.C
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     Info<< endl;
 
 
-    ::List<::Vector> vert;     // global list of vertices
-    ::List<::tridata> tri;     // global list of triangles
+    ::List< ::Vector> vert;     // global list of vertices
+    ::List< ::tridata> tri;     // global list of triangles
 
 
     // Convert triSurface to progmesh format. Note: can use global point
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     ::ProgressiveMesh(vert,tri,collapse_map,permutation);
 
     // rearrange the vertex list
-    ::List<::Vector> temp_list;
+    ::List< ::Vector> temp_list;
     for (int i=0;i<vert.num;i++)
     {
         temp_list.Add(vert[i]);