diff --git a/src/backend/dd/DDSimDebug.cpp b/src/backend/dd/DDSimDebug.cpp
index 1bed2617..80253906 100644
--- a/src/backend/dd/DDSimDebug.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/dd/DDSimDebug.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "dd/Package.hpp"
 #include "dd/StateGeneration.hpp"
 #include "ir/Definitions.hpp"
-#include "ir/Register.hpp"
+#include "ir/OpenQASMSerializer.hpp"
 #include "ir/operations/IfElseOperation.hpp"
 #include "ir/operations/OpType.hpp"
 #include "qasm3/Importer.hpp"
@@ -585,9 +585,9 @@ void compileProjectiveMeasurement(
     qubitIndexToRegisterMap.try_emplace(i, reg, originalVariable);
   }
 
+  const qc::OpenQASMSerializer serializer(stream, qc::Format::OpenQASM2);
   for (auto& it : std::ranges::reverse_view(newQc)) {
-    auto inverted = it->getInverted();
-    it->dumpOpenQASM2(stream, qubitIndexToRegisterMap, {});
+    serializer.serialize(*it->getInverted(), qubitIndexToRegisterMap, {});
   }
 
   for (const auto& [qbit, cbit] : targetNames) {
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ void compileProjectiveMeasurement(
   }
 
   for (auto& it : newQc) {
-    it->dumpOpenQASM2(stream, qubitIndexToRegisterMap, {});
+    serializer.serialize(*it, qubitIndexToRegisterMap, {});
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test_compilation_projective_measurements.cpp b/test/test_compilation_projective_measurements.cpp
index ba4a8858..b091eadc 100644
--- a/test/test_compilation_projective_measurements.cpp
+++ b/test/test_compilation_projective_measurements.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ class ProjectiveMeasurementsCompilationTest : public CompilationTest {};
  */
 TEST_F(ProjectiveMeasurementsCompilationTest, ProjectiveSingleOperation) {
   loadCode("qreg q[1];\n"
-           "x q[0];\n"
+           "s q[0];\n"
            "assert-eq q[0] { "
            "qreg p[1];\n"
-           "x p[0];\n"
+           "s p[0];\n"
            "}\n");
 
   PreambleVector preamble;
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ TEST_F(ProjectiveMeasurementsCompilationTest, ProjectiveSingleOperation) {
 
   checkCompilation(makeSettings(/*opt=*/0, /*slice=*/0),
                    "qreg q[1];\n"
-                   "x q[0];\n"
+                   "s q[0];\n"
                    "creg test_q0[1];\n"
-                   "x q[0];\n"
+                   "sdg q[0];\n"
                    "measure q[0] -> test_q0[0];\n"
-                   "x q[0];\n",
+                   "s q[0];\n",
                    preamble);
 
   checkNoCompilation(makeSettings(0, 1));