diff --git a/t/check_highfive.cc b/t/check_highfive.cc
index b58a79b..9de22b2 100644
--- a/t/check_highfive.cc
+++ b/t/check_highfive.cc
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 /**
  *  \authors   The HEJ collaboration (see AUTHORS for details)
  *  \date      2019-2023
  *  \copyright GPLv2 or later
  */
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include <highfive/H5File.hpp>
 
 #include "HEJ/exceptions.hh"
 
 using namespace HighFive;
 
 int main(int argn, char** argv) {
   constexpr double EP = 1e-3;
 
   if(argn != 3){
     std::cerr << "Usage: check_highfive hdf5_file XS_test_value\n";
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   const double xstest = std::stod(argv[2]);
   File file(argv[1], File::ReadOnly);
   auto dataset = file.getDataSet("procInfo/xSection");
   std::vector<double> result;
   // hdf data in form
   // {  0,   1,     2,              3,...}
   // {fkl, uno, qqbar, non-resummable,...}
-  dataset.select({0}).read(result);
+  const std::vector<size_t> fkl_xs_idx{0};
+  dataset.select(fkl_xs_idx).read(result);
   double xs = result[0];
-  dataset.select({3}).read(result);
+  const std::vector<size_t> nonresum_xs_idx{3};
+  dataset.select(nonresum_xs_idx).read(result);
   xs += result[0];
   if(std::abs(xs-xstest) > EP*xs){
       std::cerr << "Total XS deviates substantially from ref value: "
                 << xs << " vs " << xstest << "\n";
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }