diff --git a/pykat/finesse.py b/pykat/finesse.py
index ff1eac5a87af656a61647035d673e185cab3ad26..66f95678917a90eb484921b74282f7a0fc762668 100644
--- a/pykat/finesse.py
+++ b/pykat/finesse.py
@@ -1808,7 +1808,10 @@ class kat(object):
             
         if self.yaxis is not None:
             out.append("yaxis {0}\n".format(self.yaxis))
-         
+        
+        if self.deriv_h is not None:
+            out.append("deriv_h {0}\n".format(self.deriv_h))
+            
         if self.retrace is not None:
             out.append("retrace {0}\n".format(str(self.retrace)))