diff --git a/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/CustomControllerService.cpp b/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/CustomControllerService.cpp
index e1871be33d7c2a2b9003d67a2d501d3ce84c4c2e..1dbde303757d2b95b3927d1809e8a898bfb9def3 100644
--- a/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/CustomControllerService.cpp
+++ b/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/CustomControllerService.cpp
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ void yamlReadyForFetchCallback(const std_msgs::Int32& msg)
 			ROS_INFO("The CustomControllerService received the message that YAML parameters were (re-)loaded. > Now fetching the parameter values from the coordinator.");
 			// Create a node handle to the parameter service running on the coordinator machine
 			ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator = ros::NodeHandle();
-			ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service = ros::NodeHandle(nodeHandle_to_coordinator,namespace_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
+			ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service(nodeHandle_to_coordinator,namespace_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
 			// Call the function that fetches the parameters
 			fetchYamlParameters(nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
 			break;
diff --git a/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/PPSClient.cpp b/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/PPSClient.cpp
index 6bfd449b908e1ec9aeeb2f93ac129e2b633c3e90..72ea28231f09beb7a9fe5ab3107537d91c9a894c 100755
--- a/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/PPSClient.cpp
+++ b/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/PPSClient.cpp
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ void yamlReadyForFetchCallback(const std_msgs::Int32& msg)
             ROS_INFO("The PPSClient received the message that YAML parameters were (re-)loaded for the Safe Controller. > Now fetching the parameter values from the coordinator.");
             // Create a node handle to the parameter service running on the coordinator machine
             ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator = ros::NodeHandle();
-            ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service = ros::NodeHandle(nodeHandle_to_coordinator,namespace_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
+            ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service(nodeHandle_to_coordinator,namespace_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
             // Call the function that fetches the parameters
             fetchYamlParametersForSafeController(nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
             break;
diff --git a/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/SafeControllerService.cpp b/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/SafeControllerService.cpp
index 4a4d63cbf7d222b8309dbd74b79db88e7df6be7f..9ead5c4800e8d7d2e3a94596529530003a55aa23 100755
--- a/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/SafeControllerService.cpp
+++ b/pps_ws/src/d_fall_pps/src/SafeControllerService.cpp
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void yamlReadyForFetchCallback(const std_msgs::Int32& msg)
             ROS_INFO("The SafeControllerService received the message that YAML parameters were (re-)loaded. > Now fetching the parameter values from the coordinator.");
             // Create a node handle to the parameter service running on the coordinator machine
             ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator = ros::NodeHandle();
-            ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service = ros::NodeHandle(nodeHandle_to_coordinator,namespace_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
+            ros::NodeHandle nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service(nodeHandle_to_coordinator,namespace_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
             // Call the function that fetches the parameters
             fetchYamlParameters(nodeHandle_to_coordinator_parameter_service);
             break;