diff --git a/multiarea_model/data_multiarea/VisualCortex_Data.py b/multiarea_model/data_multiarea/VisualCortex_Data.py
index 047ca4a4f7791ac4ebf56fd9db8ad5330dfca80c..68b2a42e4b8f6d8f8b62a5c6618d8df465d1ceb8 100644
--- a/multiarea_model/data_multiarea/VisualCortex_Data.py
+++ b/multiarea_model/data_multiarea/VisualCortex_Data.py
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ def process_raw_data():
 
     # Call R script to perform SLN fit
     print("We currently cannot publish the R code because of "
-          "copyright issues, there taking hard-coded fit parameters. "
+          "copyright issues, therefore taking hard-coded fit parameters. "
           "See Schmidt et al. (2018) for a full explanation "
           "of the procedure.")
     R_fit = [-0.1516142, -1.5343200]