diff --git a/ngsPETSc/utils/firedrake/meshes.py b/ngsPETSc/utils/firedrake/meshes.py
index c07cdde..ff4716e 100644
--- a/ngsPETSc/utils/firedrake/meshes.py
+++ b/ngsPETSc/utils/firedrake/meshes.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def __init__(self, mesh, netgen_flags, user_comm=fd.COMM_WORLD):
         else:
             raise ValueError("Mesh format not recognised.")
 
-    def createFromTopology(self, topology, name):
+    def createFromTopology(self, topology, name, comm):
         '''
         Internal method to construct a mesh from a mesh topology, copied from Firedrake.
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def createFromTopology(self, topology, name):
         cell = cell.reconstruct(geometric_dimension=geometric_dim)
         element = fd.VectorElement("Lagrange", cell, 1)
         # Create mesh object
-        self.firedrakeMesh = fd.MeshGeometry.__new__(fd.MeshGeometry, element)
+        self.firedrakeMesh = fd.MeshGeometry.__new__(fd.MeshGeometry, element, comm)
         self.firedrakeMesh._init_topology(topology)
         self.firedrakeMesh.name = name
         # Adding Netgen mesh and inverse sfBC as attributes