diff --git a/ui-cpp/src/SpinWidget.cpp b/ui-cpp/src/SpinWidget.cpp
index 745b72755..79cee6dc9 100644
--- a/ui-cpp/src/SpinWidget.cpp
+++ b/ui-cpp/src/SpinWidget.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void SpinWidget::updateVectorFieldGeometry()
     //      get tetrahedra
     if (Geometry_Get_Dimensionality(state.get()) == 3)
     {
-        if (n_cells[0]/n_cell_step < 2 || n_cells[1]/n_cell_step < 2 || n_cells[2]/n_cell_step < 2)
+        if( n_cell_step > 1 && n_cells[0]/n_cell_step < 2 || n_cells[1]/n_cell_step < 2 || n_cells[2]/n_cell_step < 2 )
         {
             geometry = VFRendering::Geometry(positions, {}, {}, true);
         }