diff --git a/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc b/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc
index 4083d60d1..61388a2f5 100644
--- a/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc
+++ b/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ PointCloud::PointCloud(const Grid& grid, const grid::Partitioner& _partitioner,
             owned_lonlat.reserve(size_owned);
             owned_grid_idx.reserve(size_owned);
 
-            auto kdtree = util::IndexKDTree();
+            auto kdtree = util::IndexKDTree(config);
             {
                 ATLAS_TRACE("build kdtree");
                 kdtree.reserve(grid.size());