diff --git a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperListener.java b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperListener.java
index d672a774df6..2b056c444c3 100644
--- a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperListener.java
+++ b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperListener.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ private List<DashboardProvider> loadProvider(ImmutableSet<ClassPath.ClassInfo> c
 		List<DashboardProvider> result = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (ClassPath.ClassInfo info : classes) {
 			Class<?> clazz = info.load();
-			if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(DashboardProvider.class)) {
+			if (DashboardProvider.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
 				try {
 					Constructor<?> c = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor();
 					DashboardProvider o = (DashboardProvider) c.newInstance();