diff --git a/src/hilight.c b/src/hilight.c
index 8e480cbc..4d7a78cb 100644
--- a/src/hilight.c
+++ b/src/hilight.c
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ void hilight_net(int viewer)
        /* xctx->hilight_nets=1; */  /* done in hilight_hash_lookup() */
        xctx->inst[n].color = xctx->hilight_color;
        inst_hilight_hash_lookup(xctx->inst[n].instname, xctx->hilight_color, XINSERT_NOREPLACE);
-       if(type &&  (!strcmp(type, "current_probe") || !strcmp(type, "vsource")) ) {
+       if(type &&  (!strcmp(type, "ammeter") || !strcmp(type, "vsource")) ) {
          if(viewer == XSCHEM_GRAPH)  send_current_to_graph(&s, sim_is_xyce, xctx->inst[n].instname);
          else if(viewer == GAW) send_current_to_gaw(sim_is_xyce, xctx->inst[n].instname);
          else if(viewer == BESPICE) send_current_to_bespice(sim_is_xyce, xctx->inst[n].instname);
diff --git a/xschem_library/devices/ammeter.sym b/xschem_library/devices/ammeter.sym
index 629bb9d3..a9ec2c49 100644
--- a/xschem_library/devices/ammeter.sym
+++ b/xschem_library/devices/ammeter.sym
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 v {xschem version=3.1.0 file_version=1.2
 }
 G {}
-K {type=probe
+K {type=ammeter
 format="@name @pinlist 0
 .save I( ?1 @name )"
 template="name=Vmeas"}