diff --git a/omf/fileio/geoh5.py b/omf/fileio/geoh5.py
index cedd2bb..82d49fb 100644
--- a/omf/fileio/geoh5.py
+++ b/omf/fileio/geoh5.py
@@ -1167,20 +1167,17 @@ def collect_omf_attributes(cls, element: VolumeElement, **kwargs) -> dict:
                 f"{VolumeGridGeometry} with 3D rotation axes."
             )
 
-        offsets = []
         for key, alias in cls._attribute_map.items():
             tensor = getattr(element.geometry, f"tensor_{key}")
-            axis = getattr(element.geometry, f"axis_{key}")
-            offsets.append(axis * tensor[0] / 2.0)
             cell_delimiter = np.r_[0, np.cumsum(tensor)]
             kwargs.update({f"{alias}_cell_delimiters": cell_delimiter})
-        offsets = np.c_[offsets].sum(axis=1)
+
         kwargs["z_cell_delimiters"] *= element.geometry.axis_w[-1]
         rotation = np.rad2deg(
             np.arctan2(element.geometry.axis_u[1], element.geometry.axis_u[0])
         )
         kwargs.update({"rotation": rotation})
-        kwargs.update({"origin": np.r_[element.geometry.origin] - offsets})
+        kwargs.update({"origin": np.r_[element.geometry.origin]})
 
         return kwargs
 
@@ -1203,20 +1200,11 @@ def collect_h5_attributes(
             geometry["axis_v"] = rot.dot(np.c_[0.0, axis[1], 0.0].T).flatten()
             geometry["axis_w"] = np.r_[0, 0, axis[2]]
 
-            offsets = []
-            for key in cls._attribute_map:
-                offsets.append(
-                    geometry[f"axis_{key}"] * geometry[f"tensor_{key}"][0] / 2.0
-                )
-
-            offsets = np.c_[offsets].sum(axis=1)
             if hasattr(entity, "origin"):
                 geometry.update(
                     {
                         "origin": np.r_[
-                            entity.origin["x"] + offsets[0],
-                            entity.origin["y"] + offsets[1],
-                            entity.origin["z"] + offsets[2],
+                            entity.origin["x"], entity.origin["y"], entity.origin["z"]
                         ]
                     }
                 )
diff --git a/tests/convert_volume_test.py b/tests/convert_volume_test.py
index 840b433..3a58b38 100644
--- a/tests/convert_volume_test.py
+++ b/tests/convert_volume_test.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 import omf
 from omf import Project
-from omf.fileio.geoh5 import block_model_reordering
+from omf.fileio import OMFWriter
+from omf.fileio.geoh5 import GeoH5Reader, block_model_reordering
 
 
 def test_volume_to_geoh5(tmp_path: Path):
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ def test_volume_to_geoh5(tmp_path: Path):
 
     omf.fileio.utils.compare_elements(omf_vol, vol)
 
+    reader = GeoH5Reader(file)
+    OMFWriter(reader(), str(tmp_path / f"{__name__}.omf"))
+
 
 def test_volume_flip_origin_z(tmp_path):
     dims = [10, 15, 20]
@@ -136,10 +140,7 @@ def test_volume_flip_origin_z(tmp_path):
         block_model = workspace.get_entity("vol")[0]
 
         assert block_model.z_cell_delimiters[-1] < 0
-        assert (
-            block_model.origin["z"]
-            == vol.geometry.origin[2] + vol.geometry.tensor_w[0] / 2
-        )
+        assert block_model.origin["z"] == vol.geometry.origin[2]
 
     with Workspace(file) as workspace:
         rotation = np.random.normal(-180, 180, 1)