diff --git a/src/swiftest/swiftest_io.f90 b/src/swiftest/swiftest_io.f90
index 69453e214..ba0559721 100644
--- a/src/swiftest/swiftest_io.f90
+++ b/src/swiftest/swiftest_io.f90
@@ -439,10 +439,10 @@ module subroutine swiftest_io_dump_storage(self, param)
             end if
 #ifdef COARRAY  
             if (param%lcoarray .and. (this_image() < num_images())) sync images(this_image() + 1)
+            sync all
 #endif
          end do
 #ifdef COARRAY
-         sync all
          if (this_image() == 1) then
 #endif
             call nc%close()