diff --git a/src/hdf5_array.hpp b/src/hdf5_array.hpp
index c164f4e..8f1bfbd 100644
--- a/src/hdf5_array.hpp
+++ b/src/hdf5_array.hpp
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ namespace CosmoTool {
             dataspace.selectHyperslab(H5S_SELECT_SET, memdims.data(), offsets.data());
             
             dataset.read(data.data(), datatype, memspace, dataspace);
+            return;
           } else {
             hdf5_check_array(data, dimensions);
           }