diff --git a/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C b/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C
index f3eeec1720..7777a7e6cf 100644
--- a/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C
+++ b/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ void Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::buildSurfaceConformation
                 << ") less than limit (" << hitLimit
                 << "), stopping iterations" << endl;
         }
-
     }
 
     // reportSurfaceConformationQuality();
@@ -554,7 +553,7 @@ void Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::buildParallelInterface
 (
     List<labelHashSet>& referralVertices,
     List<labelHashSet>& receivedVertices,
-    bool initialEdgeReferrral,
+    bool initialEdgeReferral,
     const word& outputName
 )
 {
@@ -764,7 +763,7 @@ void Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::buildParallelInterface
             << totalAllVertices << endl;
     }
 
-    if (initialEdgeReferrral)
+    if (initialEdgeReferral)
     {
         DynamicList<Foam::point> parallelIntersectionPoints;
         DynamicList<label> targetProcessor;
diff --git a/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshIO.C b/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshIO.C
index f7b3316c0f..bc2d0f0043 100644
--- a/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshIO.C
+++ b/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshIO.C
@@ -360,7 +360,11 @@ void Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::writeMesh
         }
     }
 
-    mesh.addPatches(patches);
+    Info<< "addPatches(patches, false); FALSE REQUIRED TO AVOID MEMORY CRASH"
+        << endl;
+
+    // mesh.addPatches(patches);
+    mesh.addPatches(patches, false);
 
     if (!mesh.write())
     {