diff --git a/examples/bsp2mtx.c b/examples/bsp2mtx.c
index 44116b2..6e3f483 100644
--- a/examples/bsp2mtx.c
+++ b/examples/bsp2mtx.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   printf(" === Reading file... ===\n");
   bsp_matrix_t matrix = bsp_read_matrix(input_fname, NULL);
   printf(" === Done writing. ===\n");
+  if (matrix.format != BSP_COO) {
+    matrix = bsp_convert_matrix(matrix, BSP_COO);
+  }
 
   printf(" === Writing to %s... ===\n", output_fname);
   bsp_mmwrite(output_fname, matrix);