diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index de72f4cb..b4e69c15 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # DGtalTools 1.4 (beta)
 
+- *converters*
+   - mesh2vol: small fix to read generic mesh. 
+     (Bertrand Kerautret [#444](https://github.com/DGtal-team/DGtal/pull/444))
+ 
 
 
 # DGtalTools 1.3
diff --git a/converters/mesh2vol.cpp b/converters/mesh2vol.cpp
index f777190f..ca2c8b3e 100644
--- a/converters/mesh2vol.cpp
+++ b/converters/mesh2vol.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void voxelizeAndExport(const std::string& inputFilename,
   trace.beginBlock("Preparing the mesh");
   trace.info() << "Reading input file: " << inputFilename;
   Mesh<PointR3> inputMesh;
-  MeshReader<PointR3>::importOFFFile(inputFilename.c_str(), inputMesh);
+  inputMesh << inputFilename.c_str();
   trace.info() << " [done]" << std::endl;
   const std::pair<PointR3, PointR3> bbox = inputMesh.getBoundingBox();
   trace.info()<< "Mesh bounding box: "<<bbox.first <<" "<<bbox.second<<std::endl;