diff --git a/provisioning/.alias b/provisioning/.alias
index 4831f56..17c3eac 100644
--- a/provisioning/.alias
+++ b/provisioning/.alias
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # preCICE config visualizer
 function preciceToPNG(){
-  cat "${1:-precice-config.xml}" | precice-config-visualizer | dot -Tpng > precice-config.png
+  precice-config-visualizer "${1:-precice-config.xml}" | dot -Tpng > precice-config.png
 }
 
 function preciceToPDF(){
-  cat "${1:-precice-config.xml}" | precice-config-visualizer | dot -Tpdf > precice-config.pdf
+  precice-config-visualizer "${1:-precice-config.xml}" | dot -Tpdf > precice-config.pdf
 }
 
 function preciceToSVG(){
-  cat "${1:-precice-config.xml}" | precice-config-visualizer | dot -Tsvg > precice-config.svg
+  precice-config-visualizer "${1:-precice-config.xml}" | dot -Tsvg > precice-config.svg
 }