diff --git a/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Range.lua b/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Range.lua
index 2911dafa6..77688b0da 100644
--- a/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Range.lua	
+++ b/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Range.lua	
@@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@ end
 -- @param Core.Zone#ZONE zone MOOSE zone defining the range perimeters.
 -- @return #RANGE self
 function RANGE:SetRangeZone( zone )
+  if zone and type(zone)=="string" then
+    zone=ZONE:FindByName(zone)
+  end
   self.rangezone = zone
   return self
 end