diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1e13d8d7f5221e3980660b8267d0634f3c9b9034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Python Debugger: Current File with Arguments",
+            "type": "debugpy",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "program": "${file}",
+            "console": "integratedTerminal",
+            "args": "${command:pickArgs}",
+            "python": "~/miniconda3/envs/Python3.11/bin/python"
+
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PyNutil/read_and_write.py b/PyNutil/read_and_write.py
index 160e302c7a24edab204ad1868dda2dadf3d2630b..be1f84e4aa6c37fc6a454448686d0b10ea48e3d8 100644
--- a/PyNutil/read_and_write.py
+++ b/PyNutil/read_and_write.py
@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@ def load_visualign_json(filename):
             "target-resolution": [456, 528, 320],
             "slices": slices,
         }
-        # 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)
+
+
 
     else:
         slices = vafile["slices"]