diff --git a/src/pspGlobal.cpp b/src/pspGlobal.cpp
index 9ea01a6..e44b886 100644
--- a/src/pspGlobal.cpp
+++ b/src/pspGlobal.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ List pspGlobal(Function model, List control, bool save = false,
   // compile output including ordinal patterns and their frequencies
   out = Rcpp::List::create(
     Rcpp::Named("ordinal_patterns") = storage,
-    Rcpp::Named("ordinal_counts") = counts);
+    Rcpp::Named("ordinal_counts") = counts,
+    Rcpp::Named("iterations") = iteration);
 
   return(out);
 }
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