diff --git a/SimPEG/Mesh/MeshIO.py b/SimPEG/Mesh/MeshIO.py
index 7501a66f..16d1b457 100644
--- a/SimPEG/Mesh/MeshIO.py
+++ b/SimPEG/Mesh/MeshIO.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class TensorMeshIO(object):
                 if '*' in seg:
                     st = seg
                     sp = seg.split('*')
-                    re = np.array(sp[0],dtype=int)*(' ' + sp[1])
+                    re = int(sp[0])*(' ' + sp[1])
                     line = line.replace(st,re.strip())
             return np.array(line.split(),dtype=float)