diff --git a/goalie/mesh_seq.py b/goalie/mesh_seq.py
index 012ca86c..c436d0f2 100644
--- a/goalie/mesh_seq.py
+++ b/goalie/mesh_seq.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def set_meshes(self, meshes):
                 )
             debug(100 * "-")
 
-        self.meshes = meshes
+        return self.meshes = meshes
 
     def plot(
         self, **kwargs