diff --git a/bh_tree_mpi/parallelization/MpiBodyComm.cpp b/bh_tree_mpi/parallelization/MpiBodyComm.cpp
index c89bc6d9ae398f5a911bb72339b698475582a44a..8709e76fb9f433e063b294f15e8b5bf4e5426b11 100644
--- a/bh_tree_mpi/parallelization/MpiBodyComm.cpp
+++ b/bh_tree_mpi/parallelization/MpiBodyComm.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ namespace nbody {
 		btype = btype.Create_struct(3, this->blocklengths, this->displacements, this->datatypes);
 		btype.Commit();
 
-		MPI::COMM_WORLD.Bcast(MPI::BOTTOM, bodySize, btype, 0);
+		//MPI::COMM_WORLD.Bcast(MPI::BOTTOM, bodySize, btype, 0);
+		if (myRank == 0) {
+			MPI::COMM_WORLD.Send(MPI::BOTTOM, bodySize, btype, 1, 0);
+		} else if (myRank == 1) {
+			MPI::COMM_WORLD.Recv(MPI::BOTTOM, bodySize, btype, 0, 0);
+		}
 
 		btype.Free();
 	}