diff --git a/src/chemistry/grackle/chemistry_io.h b/src/chemistry/grackle/chemistry_io.h
index 81f96faa16280b21165a18d74bd6d97cc9b086b4..530d3b997be0f7c7d4b3e84bbded01b7a58198a6 100644
--- a/src/chemistry/grackle/chemistry_io.h
+++ b/src/chemistry/grackle/chemistry_io.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void chemistry_write_particles(const struct part* parts, struct io_props* list,
   list += *num_fields;
   *num_fields += 1;
   
-  list[0] = io_make_output_field("HeDensity", FLOAT, 1, UNIT_CONV_LENGTH,
+  list[0] = io_make_output_field("HeDensity", FLOAT, 1, UNIT_CONV_DENSITY,
                                  parts, chemistry_data.he_density);
 }