diff --git a/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.cpp b/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.cpp
index 7831e0548c..074ffe0930 100644
--- a/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.cpp
@@ -40,28 +40,49 @@ ParaviewWriter::ParaviewInternalWriter::~ParaviewInternalWriter()
 void ParaviewWriter::ParaviewInternalWriter::write(
     const std::string& name,
     const int64_t stride,
-    const std::vector<double>& val)
+    const std::vector<double>& val,
+    const bool is_cell_field)
 {
     Eigen::MatrixXd tmp =
         Eigen::Map<const Eigen::MatrixXd>(&val[0], stride, val.size() / stride).transpose();
 
     if (stride == 1 || stride == 2 || stride == 3) {
-        m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(name, tmp);
+        if (is_cell_field) {
+            m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(name, tmp);
+        } else {
+            m_paraview_file->add_field(name, tmp);
+        }
     } else if (stride % 3 == 0) {
         for (int64_t i = 0; i < stride; i += 3) {
-            m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(
-                name + "_" + std::to_string(i / 3),
-                tmp.block(0, i, tmp.rows(), 3));
+            if (is_cell_field) {
+                m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(
+                    name + "_" + std::to_string(i / 3),
+                    tmp.block(0, i, tmp.rows(), 3));
+            } else {
+                m_paraview_file->add_field(
+                    name + "_" + std::to_string(i / 3),
+                    tmp.block(0, i, tmp.rows(), 3));
+            }
         }
     } else if (stride % 2 == 0) {
         for (int64_t i = 0; i < stride; i += 2) {
-            m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(
-                name + "_" + std::to_string(i / 2),
-                tmp.block(0, i, tmp.rows(), 2));
+            if (is_cell_field) {
+                m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(
+                    name + "_" + std::to_string(i / 2),
+                    tmp.block(0, i, tmp.rows(), 2));
+            } else {
+                m_paraview_file->add_field(
+                    name + "_" + std::to_string(i / 2),
+                    tmp.block(0, i, tmp.rows(), 2));
+            }
         }
     } else {
         for (int64_t i = 0; i < stride; ++i) {
-            m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(name + "_" + std::to_string(i), tmp.col(i));
+            if (is_cell_field) {
+                m_paraview_file->add_cell_field(name + "_" + std::to_string(i), tmp.col(i));
+            } else {
+                m_paraview_file->add_field(name + "_" + std::to_string(i), tmp.col(i));
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -198,9 +219,13 @@ void ParaviewWriter::write_internal(
         for (int i = 0; i < m_writers.size(); ++i) {
             if (m_enabled[i]) m_writers[i].vertices() = V;
         }
-
-    } else if (m_enabled[type])
-        m_writers[type].write(name, stride, val);
+    } else if (m_enabled[type]) {
+        m_writers[type].write(name, stride, val, true);
+    } else if (type == 0) { // vertex attrs are always written
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < m_writers.size(); ++i) {
+            if (m_enabled[i]) m_writers[i].write(name, stride, val, false);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.hpp b/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.hpp
index 9cdefbfb58..925bc2868d 100644
--- a/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.hpp
+++ b/src/wmtk/io/ParaviewWriter.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ class ParaviewWriter : public MeshWriter
             const Eigen::MatrixXi& elements,
             const bool enabled);
 
-        void write(const std::string& name, const int64_t stride, const std::vector<double>& val);
+        void write(
+            const std::string& name,
+            const int64_t stride,
+            const std::vector<double>& val,
+            const bool is_cell_field);
 
 
         Eigen::MatrixXd& vertices() { return m_vertices; }
diff --git a/tests/io/test_io.cpp b/tests/io/test_io.cpp
index 5a22b332b5..ea87a5cabe 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_io.cpp
+++ b/tests/io/test_io.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ TEST_CASE("paraview_2d", "[io]")
     mesh->serialize(writer);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("paraview_2d_vtag", "[io.]")
+{
+    auto mesh = read_mesh(WMTK_DATA_DIR "/fan.msh");
+    mesh->register_attribute<int64_t>("tag", PrimitiveType::Triangle, 1);
+    mesh->register_attribute<int64_t>("tag1", PrimitiveType::Vertex, 1);
+
+    ParaviewWriter writer("paraview_2d_vtag", "vertices", *mesh, false, false, true, false);
+    mesh->serialize(writer);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("hdf5_3d", "[io]")
 {
     Eigen::Matrix<int64_t, 2, 4> T;