diff --git a/miscmaths.cc b/miscmaths.cc
index 2913b5f04e718a2f1b1f408e7a032f3abea2305a..d33f58673807abd79887585c37cc1d3175a265ee 100644
--- a/miscmaths.cc
+++ b/miscmaths.cc
@@ -2127,9 +2127,7 @@ ReturnMatrix cov_r(const Matrix& data, const Matrix& weights2, int econ)
   SymmetricMatrix res;
   res << zeros(data.Nrows(),data.Nrows()); 
   Matrix meanM(mean(data,weights,2));
-
-  int N=1-weights.SumSquare();//As weights.Sum() is equal to 1
-
+  double N=(1-weights.SumSquare());//As weights.Sum() is equal to 1
   if ( econ < 1 )
     econ=data.Ncols();
   for(int startCol=1; startCol <= data.Ncols(); startCol+=econ) {
@@ -2140,24 +2138,7 @@ ReturnMatrix cov_r(const Matrix& data, const Matrix& weights2, int econ)
     }
     res << res + suba*suba.t()/N;
   }
-  write_ascii_matrix("data.mat",data);
-  write_ascii_matrix("weights.mat",weights);
-  write_ascii_matrix("nonorm",cov_r(data,false));
-  write_ascii_matrix("old.mat",res);
-  //res.Release();
-  Matrix Data2=data;
- for(int ctr=1; ctr <= data.Ncols(); ctr++)
-   Data2.Column(ctr)*=weights(ctr);
- 
-
-
-  Matrix res2 = oldcov(Data2.t(),1);
-  res << res2;
-  write_ascii_matrix("new.mat",res);
-  exit(1);
-
-
-
+  res.Release();
   return res; 
 }