diff --git a/PyNutil/read_and_write.py b/PyNutil/read_and_write.py
index a2abf1274769b32dad7f231273479936159e328e..ba5420f3a77a6714cff773f0a5b7ca1b0b03d346 100644
--- a/PyNutil/read_and_write.py
+++ b/PyNutil/read_and_write.py
@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@ def load_visualign_json(filename):
           # save with .json extension need to see if i can remove this
         with open(filename.replace(".waln", ".json").replace(".wwrp", ".json"), "w") as f:
             json.dump(lz_compat_file, f, indent=4)
-        for slice in slices:
-            if "markers" in slice:
-                slice["markers"] = [
-                    [marker["x"], marker["y"], marker["nx"], marker["ny"]
-                     ] for marker in slice["markers"]
-                ]
+
     else:
         slices = vafile["slices"]