diff --git a/src/operators/localoperator.jl b/src/operators/localoperator.jl
index e003e699e..266ad23a4 100644
--- a/src/operators/localoperator.jl
+++ b/src/operators/localoperator.jl
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ TensorKit.spacetype(::Type{T}) where {S, T <: LocalOperator{<:Any, S}} = S
     end
     f_dag_es = map(1:N) do i
         j = 3 * (i - 1) + 1
-        return tensorexpr(:(fs[$i]), -(N + i), (j + 1, j + 2))
+        return tensorexpr(:(twistdual(fs[$i]', 1:2)), (j + 1, j + 2), -(N + i))
     end
     multiplication_ex = Expr(
-        :call, :*, op_e, f_es..., map(x -> Expr(:call, :conj, x), f_dag_es)...
+        :call, :*, op_e, f_es..., f_dag_es...
     )
     return macroexpand(@__MODULE__, :(return @tensor $op_out_e := $multiplication_ex))
 end
diff --git a/test/utility/localoperator.jl b/test/utility/localoperator.jl
index 5d5791e9b..c1897e9f5 100644
--- a/test/utility/localoperator.jl
+++ b/test/utility/localoperator.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using TensorKit
 using PEPSKit
+using MPSKit: add_physical_charge
+using MPSKitModels: a_number, nꜛnꜜ, contract_onesite
 using Test
 
 vds = (ℂ^2, Rep[U₁](1 => 1, -1 => 1), Rep[SU₂](1 / 2 => 1))
@@ -43,3 +45,44 @@ vds = (ℂ^2, Rep[U₁](1 => 1, -1 => 1), Rep[SU₂](1 / 2 => 1))
     @test physicalspace(op5) == physical_spaces
     @test length(op5.terms) == 2
 end
+
+@testset "Charge shifting" begin
+    lattice = InfiniteSquare(1, 1)
+    elt = ComplexF64
+    U = 30.0
+
+    # bosonic case
+    cutoff = 2
+    N = a_number(elt, U1Irrep; cutoff)
+    H_U = U / 2 * contract_onesite(N, N - id(domain(N)))
+    spaces = fill(space(H_U, 1), (lattice.Nrows, lattice.Ncols))
+    H = LocalOperator(spaces, ((1, 1),) => H_U)
+    tr_before = tr(last(only(H.terms)))
+    # shift to unit filling
+    caux = U1Irrep(1)
+    H_shifted = add_physical_charge(H, fill(caux, size(H.lattice)...))
+    # check if spaces were correctly shifted
+    @test H_shifted.lattice == map(
+        fuse, H.lattice, fill(U1Space(caux => 1)', size(H.lattice)...)
+    )
+    # check if trace is properly preserved
+    tr_after = tr(last(only(H_shifted.terms)))
+    @test abs(tr_before - tr_after) / abs(tr_before) < 1.0e-12
+
+    # fermionic case
+    symmetry = FermionParity ⊠ U1Irrep
+    H_U = U * nꜛnꜜ(elt, U1Irrep, Trivial)
+    spaces = fill(space(H_U, 1), (lattice.Nrows, lattice.Ncols))
+    H = LocalOperator(spaces, ((1, 1),) => H_U)
+    tr_before = tr(last(only(H.terms)))
+    # shift to unit filling
+    caux = symmetry((1, 1))
+    H_shifted = add_physical_charge(H, fill(caux, size(H.lattice)...))
+    # check if spaces were correctly shifted
+    @test H_shifted.lattice == map(
+        fuse, H.lattice, fill(Vect[symmetry](caux => 1)', size(H.lattice)...)
+    )
+    # check if trace is properly preserved
+    tr_after = tr(last(only(H_shifted.terms)))
+    @test abs(tr_before - tr_after) / abs(tr_before) < 1.0e-12
+end