diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cvControls/cvControls.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cvControls/cvControls.C
index 996aa71abf..15c82e64c5 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cvControls/cvControls.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cvControls/cvControls.C
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Foam::cvControls::cvControls
 
     specialiseFeaturePoints_ = Switch
     (
-        surfDict.lookupOrDefault<Switch>("specialiseFeaturePoints", false)
+        surfDict.lookup("specialiseFeaturePoints")
     );
 
     surfaceSearchDistanceCoeff_ = readScalar