diff --git a/src/symba/symba_frag_pos.f90 b/src/symba/symba_frag_pos.f90
index b7934044b..b18a19dc0 100644
--- a/src/symba/symba_frag_pos.f90
+++ b/src/symba/symba_frag_pos.f90
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ subroutine symba_frag_pos(param, symba_plA, family, x, v, L_spin, Ip, mass, radi
    !write(*,        "(' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------')")
    if (lmerge) then
       write(*,*) "symba_frag_pos failed after: ",try," tries"
+      do i = 1, nfrag
+         vb_frag(:, i) = vcom(:)
+      end do
    else
       write(*,*) "symba_frag_pos succeeded after: ",try," tries"
    !   write(*,        "(' dL_tot should be very small' )")