diff --git a/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.cc b/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.cc
index f8e440b63..e502dab75 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.cc
+++ b/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Nmea_Printer::Nmea_Printer(std::string filename, bool flag_nmea_tty_port, std::s
         {
             nmea_dev_descriptor = -1;
         }
+    print_avg_pos = false;
 }
 
 
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ bool Nmea_Printer::Print_Nmea_Line(const std::shared_ptr<Pvt_Solution>& pvt_data
 
     // set the new PVT data
     d_PVT_data = pvt_data;
-    d_PVT_data->d_flag_averaging = print_average_values;
+    print_avg_pos = print_average_values;
 
     // generate the NMEA sentences
 
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ std::string Nmea_Printer::get_GPRMC()
             sentence_str << ",V";
         };
 
-    if (d_PVT_data->d_flag_averaging == true)
+    if (print_avg_pos == true)
         {
             // Latitude ddmm.mmmm,(N or S)
             sentence_str << "," << latitude_to_hm(d_PVT_data->d_avg_latitude_d);
diff --git a/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.h b/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.h
index 115ab07c3..40b1e1a63 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.h
+++ b/src/algorithms/PVT/libs/nmea_printer.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ private:
     std::string longitude_to_hm(double longitude);
     std::string latitude_to_hm(double lat);
     char checkSum(std::string sentence);
+    bool print_avg_pos;
 };
 
 #endif