diff --git a/modules/Units/R/units_transform.R b/modules/Units/R/units_transform.R
index 11e05f3116ca2870e742606db99276064592aa85..7277b9b6bd50446fe9c855f833d5f6293731d561 100644
--- a/modules/Units/R/units_transform.R
+++ b/modules/Units/R/units_transform.R
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ units_transform <- function(data, orig_units, user_units, var_name, freq, flux =
                             ncores = NULL) {
   ## TODO: Change how argument 'flux' works
   for (i in 1:length(var_name)) {
+    if (orig_units[i] == "degc") {
+      orig_units[i] <- "c"
+    }
     if (!(orig_units[i] == user_units[i])) {
       if (orig_units[i] %in% c("c", "k")) {
         if (user_units[i] %in% c("c", "k")) {