diff --git a/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90 b/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90
index 130c8ccaf..0c9b9bd94 100644
--- a/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90
+++ b/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90
@@ -310,11 +310,12 @@ module function netcdf_read_frame_base(self, iu, param) result(ierr)
       class(swiftest_base),       intent(inout) :: self  !! Swiftest base object
       class(netcdf_parameters),   intent(inout) :: iu    !! Parameters used to for writing a NetCDF dataset to file
       class(swiftest_parameters), intent(in)    :: param !! Current run configuration parameters 
+      ! Returns
+      integer(I4B)                              :: ierr  !! Error code: returns 0 if the read is successful
       ! Internals
       integer(I4B)                              :: i, j, tslot, strlen, idslot, idmax, n
       integer(I4B), dimension(:), allocatable   :: ind
       character(len=:), allocatable             :: charstring
-      integer(I4B)                              :: ierr  !! Error code: returns 0 if the read is successful
       real(DP), dimension(:), allocatable       :: real_temp
       logical, dimension(:), allocatable        :: validmask, tpmask
 
@@ -425,6 +426,8 @@ module function netcdf_read_frame_base(self, iu, param) result(ierr)
 
          call self%read_particle_info(iu) 
 
+         ierr = 0
+
       return
 
    end function netcdf_read_frame_base