Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/independent.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/independent.m	(revision 16814)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/independent.m	(revision 16815)
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@
 					error('independent checkconsistency error: nods should be set to the size of the independent variable');
 				end
-				md = checkfield(md,['autodiff.independents{' num2str(i) '}.fov_forward_indices'],'>=',1,'<=',obj.nods,'size',[NaN 1]);
+				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname',['autodiff.independents{' num2str(i) '}.fov_forward_indices'],'>=',1,'<=',obj.nods,'size',[NaN 1]);
 			end
 
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/independent.py
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/independent.py	(revision 16814)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/independent.py	(revision 16815)
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
 			if self.nods==0:
 				raise TypeError("independent checkconsistency error: nods should be set to the size of the independent variable")
-			md = checkfield(md,"autodiff.independents[%d].fov_forward_indices" % i,'>=',1,'<=',self.nods,'size',[float('NaN'),1])
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname',"autodiff.independents[%d].fov_forward_indices" % i,'>=',1,'<=',self.nods,'size',[float('NaN'),1])
 
 		return md