diff --git a/nes/nc_projections/default_nes.py b/nes/nc_projections/default_nes.py
index 010c0061eab09e3960bdf3ea6c629b1a133733cd..92220e7c84dd92620803a6cf0242a9be8c0726d6 100644
--- a/nes/nc_projections/default_nes.py
+++ b/nes/nc_projections/default_nes.py
@@ -3091,8 +3091,8 @@ class Nes(object):
 
         Returns
         -------
-        data_list: dict
-            Variables dictionary with all the data from all the ranks.
+        data_to_gather: dict
+            Variables to gather.
         """
 
         data_list = deepcopy(data_to_gather)
diff --git a/nes/nc_projections/points_nes.py b/nes/nc_projections/points_nes.py
index f542bacf94b487d990fc198b7fabb8286f9f1ac3..3d55257ba70994ba7cf1fc61b90ace425da1dfe2 100644
--- a/nes/nc_projections/points_nes.py
+++ b/nes/nc_projections/points_nes.py
@@ -489,16 +489,16 @@ class PointsNes(Nes):
 
         return None
 
-    def _gather_data(self):
+    def _gather_data(self, data_to_gather):
         """
         Gather all the variable data into the MPI rank 0 to perform a serial write.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        data_list: dict
-            Variables dictionary with all the data from all the ranks.
+        data_to_gather: dict
+            Variables to gather.
         """
-        data_list = deepcopy(self.variables)
+        data_list = deepcopy(data_to_gather)
         for var_name, var_info in data_list.items():
             try:
                 # noinspection PyArgumentList
diff --git a/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_ghost.py b/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_ghost.py
index 936cbca5346fbf0f5d79c2d21a893fea710b1901..978f4d5447d8f51f719517d3db6f7970ac06d65a 100644
--- a/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_ghost.py
+++ b/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_ghost.py
@@ -481,17 +481,17 @@ class PointsNesGHOST(PointsNes):
 
         return None
     
-    def _gather_data(self):
+    def _gather_data(self, data_to_gather):
         """
         Gather all the variable data into the MPI rank 0 to perform a serial write.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        data_list: dict
-            Variables dictionary with all the data from all the ranks.
+        data_to_gather: dict
+            Variables to gather.
         """
 
-        data_list = deepcopy(self.variables)
+        data_list = deepcopy(data_to_gather)
         for var_name, var_info in data_list.items():
             try:
                 # noinspection PyArgumentList
diff --git a/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_providentia.py b/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_providentia.py
index 937d7e676211d5837e99254aebcfebf57209f12b..91229da8caf91f50b1160e0bc88b477389d281d6 100644
--- a/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_providentia.py
+++ b/nes/nc_projections/points_nes_providentia.py
@@ -517,17 +517,17 @@ class PointsNesProvidentia(PointsNes):
 
         return None
         
-    def _gather_data(self):
+    def _gather_data(self, data_to_gather):
         """
         Gather all the variable data into the MPI rank 0 to perform a serial write.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        data_list: dict
-            Variables dictionary with all the data from all the ranks.
+        data_to_gather: dict
+            Variables to gather.
         """
 
-        data_list = deepcopy(self.variables)
+        data_list = deepcopy(data_to_gather)
         for var_name, var_info in data_list.items():
             try:
                 # noinspection PyArgumentList