diff --git a/src/main/java/avatartranslator/tosysmlv2/Avatar2SysML.java b/src/main/java/avatartranslator/tosysmlv2/Avatar2SysML.java
index a2e58bc000ecbe5cc3bb74c799bd47eecf2f5067..f785b4e4152998e0e24bd9df63713d877af695e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/avatartranslator/tosysmlv2/Avatar2SysML.java
+++ b/src/main/java/avatartranslator/tosysmlv2/Avatar2SysML.java
@@ -994,12 +994,12 @@ public class Avatar2SysML {
                     // put pre-communication State
                     avsysml.append("\n" + indentation + "state " + stateinfo.getPreName() + " : '#AvatarPreSendState' = '#AvatarPreSendState' (\n");
                     indent(1);
-                    avsysml.append(indentation + "'@request' =\n");
+                    avsysml.append(indentation + "'@request' = {\n");
                     indent(1);
                     // put the specific sending request, carrying a value
                     avsysml.append(setTimerRequest2SysML(1, "0", "0",
                             timerBlockSysMLname(((AvatarSetTimer) aos).getTimer().getName()) ,
-                            ((AvatarSetTimer)aos).getTimerValue()) + "\n");
+                            ((AvatarSetTimer)aos).getTimerValue()) + " }\n");
                     unindent(2);
                     avsysml.append(indentation + ");\n");
                     // put the associated transition
@@ -1011,11 +1011,11 @@ public class Avatar2SysML {
                     // put pre-communication State
                     avsysml.append("\n" + indentation + "state " + stateinfo.getPreName() + " : '#AvatarPreSendState' = '#AvatarPreSendState' (\n");
                     indent(1);
-                    avsysml.append(indentation + "'@request' =\n");
+                    avsysml.append(indentation + "'@request' = {\n");
                     indent(1);
                     // put the specific sending request, carrying no value
                     avsysml.append(resetTimerRequest2SysML(1, "0", "0",
-                            timerBlockSysMLname(((AvatarResetTimer) aos).getTimer().getName())) + "\n");
+                            timerBlockSysMLname(((AvatarResetTimer) aos).getTimer().getName())) + " }\n");
                     unindent(2);
                     avsysml.append(indentation + ");\n");
                     // put the associated transition
@@ -1027,11 +1027,11 @@ public class Avatar2SysML {
                     // put pre-communication State
                     avsysml.append("\n" + indentation + "state " + stateinfo.getPreName() + " : '#AvatarPreReceiveState' = '#AvatarPreReceiveState' (\n");
                     indent(1);
-                    avsysml.append(indentation + "'@request' =\n");
+                    avsysml.append(indentation + "'@request' = {\n");
                     indent(1);
                     // put the specific receiving request, carrying no value
                     avsysml.append(expireTimerRequest2SysML(1, "0", "0",
-                            timerBlockSysMLname(((AvatarExpireTimer) aos).getTimer().getName())) + "\n");
+                            timerBlockSysMLname(((AvatarExpireTimer) aos).getTimer().getName())) + " }\n");
                     unindent(2);
                     avsysml.append(indentation + ");\n");
                     // put the associated transition