diff --git a/owlps-positioning/src/inputcsv.cc b/owlps-positioning/src/inputcsv.cc
index 6ecc6fc..d6ac288 100644
--- a/owlps-positioning/src/inputcsv.cc
+++ b/owlps-positioning/src/inputcsv.cc
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ const Request& InputCSV::get_next_request()
     }
 
   // Read direction field
-  int direction ;
+  Direction direction ;
   if (++ti == tok.end())
     {
       // Wrong number of fields: blank current request
@@ -204,9 +204,12 @@ const Request& InputCSV::get_next_request()
     }
   try
     {
-      direction = lexical_cast<int>(*ti) ;
-      if (direction != 0)
-        is_calibration_request = true ;
+      int d = lexical_cast<int>(*ti) ;
+      if (d != 0)
+        {
+          is_calibration_request = true ;
+          direction = d ;
+        }
     }
   catch (bad_lexical_cast &e)
     {