diff --git a/alib2algo/src/string/simplify/NormalizeRotation.h b/alib2algo/src/string/simplify/NormalizeRotation.h
index ac2e988c47bc69121dc2b3391af8c8daec7b576c..d66315edd96e74eb44ad9e83fc77c8e8d47084ac 100644
--- a/alib2algo/src/string/simplify/NormalizeRotation.h
+++ b/alib2algo/src/string/simplify/NormalizeRotation.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ string::CyclicString < SymbolType > NormalizeRotation::normalize(const string::C
 		rotated.push_back ( data [ l % data.size ( ) ] );
 	}
 
-	return string::CyclicString < > { string.getAlphabet ( ), rotated };
+	return string::CyclicString < SymbolType > { string.getAlphabet ( ), rotated };
 }
 
 } /* namespace simplify */