diff --git a/src/MatlabReader.cpp b/src/MatlabReader.cpp
index 2654f2a..761c388 100644
--- a/src/MatlabReader.cpp
+++ b/src/MatlabReader.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Aurora::Matrix MatlabReader::read(const std::string& aFieldName)
             data[2*i] = re[i];
             data[2*i+1] = im[i];
         }
-        result = Aurora::Matrix::fromRawData(data,rows,columns,slices,Aurora::Complex);
+        result = Aurora::Matrix::New(data,rows,columns,slices,Aurora::Complex);
 
     }
     Mat_VarFree(matvar);