diff --git a/PyNutil/main.py b/PyNutil/main.py
index 0179f90dd149236b5da4d0f9215e4e001d10b9c2..33927b6880488125288dcf346128197dcf0b832c 100644
--- a/PyNutil/main.py
+++ b/PyNutil/main.py
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ class PyNutil:
         self.colour = colour
         self.atlas = volume_path
         # load the metadata json as well as the path to stored data files
-
-    def build_quantifier(self):
         # this could potentially be moved into init
         atlas_root_path = self.config["annotation_volume_directory"]
         current_atlas_path = self.config["annotation_volumes"][self.atlas]["volume"]
@@ -59,6 +57,7 @@ class PyNutil:
         self.atlas_labels = pd.read_csv(atlas_root_path + atlas_label_path)
         print("atlas labels loaded ✅")
 
+
     def get_coordinates(self, nonLinear=True, method="all"):
         if not hasattr(self, "atlas_volume"):
             raise ValueError(
diff --git a/testOOP.py b/testOOP.py
index 7f415c7c8f36162d765b7da0af29036dbe272b43..617dcf7c6cc809fc4beab7192dce593735a9604f 100644
--- a/testOOP.py
+++ b/testOOP.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from PyNutil import PyNutil
 
 pnt = PyNutil(settings_file=r"test/test4_2017.json")
-pnt.build_quantifier()
+# pnt.build_quantifier()
 
 pnt.get_coordinates()