diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6c97972..6e6756f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Fixed `BlockPMatrix{V}(::UndefInitializer, rows, cols)` constructor dropping the `cols` argument, causing a `MethodError` at runtime. Since PR[#194](https://github.com/gridap/GridapDistributed.jl/pull/194).
-- Fixed `local_views(::BlockPMatrix, rows, cols)` indexing 1D block-range vectors with a 2D `CartesianIndex`, causing `BoundsError` for any multi-field problem with ≥2 fields. Since PR[#194](https://github.com/gridap/GridapDistributed.jl/pull/194).
-- Fixed `mul!(y::BlockPVector, A::BlockPMatrix, x::BlockPVector, α, β)` computing `α*β*(A*x)` instead of `α*(A*x) + β*y`; the 3-arg `mul!` was also updated to correctly zero `y` before accumulating. Since PR[#194](https://github.com/gridap/GridapDistributed.jl/pull/194).
+- Fixed `BlockPMatrix{V}(::UndefInitializer, rows, cols)` constructor dropping the `cols` argument, causing a `MethodError` at runtime.
+- Fixed `local_views(::BlockPMatrix, rows, cols)` indexing 1D block-range vectors with a 2D `CartesianIndex`, causing `BoundsError` for any multi-field problem with ≥2 fields.
+- Fixed `mul!(y::BlockPVector, A::BlockPMatrix, x::BlockPVector, α, β)` computing `α*β*(A*x)` instead of `α*(A*x) + β*y`; the 3-arg `mul!` was also updated to correctly zero `y` before accumulating.
+- Replaced fragile closure side-effect in `DistributedVisualizationData.filebase` with `getany(map(...))` for correct and idiomatic behaviour in both debug and MPI modes.
 
 ## [0.4.11] - 2026-02-20
 
diff --git a/src/Visualization.jl b/src/Visualization.jl
index 0535e22..cfaafb3 100644
--- a/src/Visualization.jl
+++ b/src/Visualization.jl
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ function Base.getproperty(x::DistributedVisualizationData, sym::Symbol)
   if sym == :grid
     map(i->i.grid,x.visdata)
   elseif sym == :filebase
-    r=nothing
-    map(x.visdata) do visdata
-      r = visdata.filebase
-    end
-    r
+    getany(map(i->i.filebase,x.visdata))
   elseif sym == :celldata
     map(i->i.celldata,x.visdata)
   elseif sym == :nodaldata
diff --git a/test/sequential/VisualizationTests.jl b/test/sequential/VisualizationTests.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..121825d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sequential/VisualizationTests.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module VisualizationTestsSeq
+  include("../VisualizationTests.jl")
+  using PartitionedArrays
+  with_debug() do distribute
+    VisualizationTests.main(distribute,(2,2))
+  end
+end