diff --git a/modules/seq/alg/pymod/renumber.py b/modules/seq/alg/pymod/renumber.py
index 39f34ba7b0dc68b4c84421e6b14ac606a9ddc107..f715f0bd6f1ef9dbbc60b3afc316502a9d462398 100644
--- a/modules/seq/alg/pymod/renumber.py
+++ b/modules/seq/alg/pymod/renumber.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def Renumber(seq_handle, sequence_number_with_attached_view=1):
               renumberingFlag = True
             r_n=ed.AppendResidue(c,r.name, mol.ResNum(pos+1))
             for atom in r.atoms:
-              ed.InsertAtom(r_n,atom.name,atom.pos,atom.prop)
+              ed.InsertAtom(r_n,atom.name,atom.pos,element=atom.element)
         else:
           err='Error: renumbering failed at position %s' %pos
           raise RuntimeError, err