diff --git a/src/cpp/flann/mpi/client.h b/src/cpp/flann/mpi/client.h
index 0c8d5fe431d67838f2e3677fb342ae7d5bef6fc1..19a410cf18adbfad57847984a1062c3b68c7c0bf 100644
--- a/src/cpp/flann/mpi/client.h
+++ b/src/cpp/flann/mpi/client.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 namespace flann {
 namespace mpi {
 
-template<typename ElementType, typename DistanceType>
+
 class Client
 {
 public:
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
 	}
 
 
+	template<typename ElementType, typename DistanceType>
 	void knnSearch(const flann::Matrix<ElementType>& queries, flann::Matrix<int>& indices, flann::Matrix<DistanceType>& dists, int knn, const SearchParams& params)
 	{
 	    tcp::socket sock(io_service_);