diff --git a/examples/DataflowExamples/GraphRendering/main.cpp b/examples/DataflowExamples/GraphRendering/main.cpp
index 3a76e1e3310..9c308a23f8e 100644
--- a/examples/DataflowExamples/GraphRendering/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/DataflowExamples/GraphRendering/main.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class MyRendererController : public RenderGraphController
             inspectGraph( *m_renderGraph );
 
             // force recompilation and introspection of the graph by the renderer
-            m_renderGraph->m_ready = false;
+            m_renderGraph->isCompiled() = false;
             notify();
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/Dataflow/Rendering/Renderer/RenderGraphController.cpp b/src/Dataflow/Rendering/Renderer/RenderGraphController.cpp
index 17246993998..6bfc161d967 100644
--- a/src/Dataflow/Rendering/Renderer/RenderGraphController.cpp
+++ b/src/Dataflow/Rendering/Renderer/RenderGraphController.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void RenderGraphController::resize( int w, int h ) {
 }
 
 void RenderGraphController::compile( bool notifyObservers ) const {
-    if ( !m_renderGraph->m_ready ) {
+    if ( !m_renderGraph->isCompiled() ) {
         // compile the model
         m_renderGraph->compile();
         // notify the view the model changes
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ RenderGraphController::render( std::vector<RenderObjectPtrType>* ros,
 
     bool status = false;
 
-    if ( m_renderGraph && m_renderGraph->m_ready ) {
+    if ( m_renderGraph && m_renderGraph->isCompiled() ) {
         // set input data
         for ( const auto& [ptr, name, type] : m_renderGraphInputs ) {
             if ( type == simplifiedDemangledType( *ros ) ) {