diff --git a/src/db/db/dbMeasureEval.cc b/src/db/db/dbMeasureEval.cc
index f615cc6d8..e2288934c 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbMeasureEval.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbMeasureEval.cc
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ public:
 
   virtual void execute (const tl::ExpressionParserContext &context, tl::Variant &out, const std::vector<tl::Variant> &args, const std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> * /*kwargs*/) const
   {
-    if (args.size () != 1) {
-      throw tl::EvalError (tl::to_string (tr ("'net' function does not take and argument")), context);
+    if (args.size () != 0) {
+      throw tl::EvalError (tl::to_string (tr ("'net' function does not take any argument")), context);
     }
     out = mp_eval->net_func ();
   }
diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutToNetlistTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutToNetlistTests.cc
index 8dcecf526..9852c088d 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutToNetlistTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutToNetlistTests.cc
@@ -3451,6 +3451,18 @@ TEST(15_MeasureNet)
   unsigned int l100 = ly.get_layer (db::LayerProperties (100, 0));
   l1_measured.insert_into (&ly, tc.cell_index (), l100);
 
+  std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> vars;
+  vars["athr"] = 40.0;
+  db::Region l2_skipped = l2n.measure_net (*rl1, secondary, "skip(area < athr)", vars);
+
+  unsigned int l101 = ly.get_layer (db::LayerProperties (101, 0));
+  l2_skipped.insert_into (&ly, tc.cell_index (), l101);
+
+  db::Region l3_net_func = l2n.measure_net (*rl1, secondary, "put('NAME', net.name)", std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> ());
+
+  unsigned int l102 = ly.get_layer (db::LayerProperties (102, 0));
+  l3_net_func.insert_into (&ly, tc.cell_index (), l102);
+
   //  compare the collected test data
 
   std::string au = tl::testdata ();
diff --git a/testdata/algo/measure_net.gds b/testdata/algo/measure_net.gds
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diff --git a/testdata/algo/measure_net_au.oas b/testdata/algo/measure_net_au.oas
index 7c9b4b93d..da1540dc4 100644
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