diff --git a/test/grid/test_grid.py b/test/grid/test_grid.py
index 422d6f14e..b060025b3 100644
--- a/test/grid/test_grid.py
+++ b/test/grid/test_grid.py
@@ -824,3 +824,9 @@ def test_sphere_radius_mpas_ocean(gridpath):
     # Test invalid radius
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Sphere radius must be positive"):
         grid.sphere_radius = -1.0
+
+
+def test_set_lon_range_attrs(gridpath):
+    grid = ux.open_grid(gridpath("mpas", "QU", "oQU480.231010.nc"))
+    assert "standard_name" in grid.node_lon.attrs
+    assert grid.node_lon.name == "node_lon"
diff --git a/uxarray/grid/coordinates.py b/uxarray/grid/coordinates.py
index 79d817baa..a00e2a002 100644
--- a/uxarray/grid/coordinates.py
+++ b/uxarray/grid/coordinates.py
@@ -692,11 +692,14 @@ def _construct_edge_centroids(node_x, node_y, node_z, edge_node_conn):
 
 def _set_desired_longitude_range(uxgrid):
     """Sets the longitude range to [-180, 180] for all longitude variables."""
-
-    for lon_name in ["node_lon", "edge_lon", "face_lon"]:
-        if lon_name in uxgrid._ds:
-            if uxgrid._ds[lon_name].max() > 180:
-                uxgrid._ds[lon_name] = (uxgrid._ds[lon_name] + 180) % 360 - 180
+    with xr.set_options(keep_attrs=True):
+        for lon_name in ["node_lon", "edge_lon", "face_lon"]:
+            if lon_name in uxgrid._ds:
+                if uxgrid._ds[lon_name].max() > 180:
+                    da = uxgrid._ds[lon_name]
+                    wrapped = (uxgrid._ds[lon_name] + 180) % 360 - 180
+                    wrapped.name = da.name
+                    uxgrid._ds[lon_name] = wrapped
 
 
 def prepare_points(points, normalize):