diff --git a/DDG4/hepmc/HepMC3FileReader.cpp b/DDG4/hepmc/HepMC3FileReader.cpp
index 9e0f36daf..d2711c817 100644
--- a/DDG4/hepmc/HepMC3FileReader.cpp
+++ b/DDG4/hepmc/HepMC3FileReader.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ HEPMC3FileReader::HEPMC3FileReader(const std::string& nam)
   m_reader = HepMC3::deduce_reader(nam);
 #if HEPMC3_VERSION_CODE >= 3002006
   // to get the runInfo in the Ascii reader we have to force HepMC to read the first event
-  m_reader->skip(1);
+  HepMC3::GenEvent dummy;
+  m_reader->read_event(dummy);
   // then we get the run info (shared pointer)
   auto runInfo = m_reader->run_info();
   // and deallocate the reader