diff --git a/Common/util_eddies.py b/Common/util_eddies.py
index 5dc3a41e891b2b29f9db2fb026c19ff4f6268199..a89e5a702afb0dc26c76d6193dadfa9df78a8c86 100644
--- a/Common/util_eddies.py
+++ b/Common/util_eddies.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class SHPC_class:
                 self.n_slices += 1
 
             if self.n_slices == 0:
-                print("No slice found")
+                print("util_eddies:SHPC_class:init:No slice found")
                 sys.exit(1)
             else:
                 with open(fname, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py
index 14ab41c32d43679f526aa3cb12aedb26d7670c4f..77407f8c4d6f508fa5e4fb1e1a3a512d5513c953 100755
--- a/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py
@@ -201,9 +201,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     SHPC = util_eddies.SHPC_class(args.shpc_dir, def_orient = "Anticyclones")
 
     if args.date is None:
-        print("No date option, plotting first date of first slice:",
-              SHPC.d_init[0])
         d = SHPC.d_init[0]
+        print("No date option, plotting first date of first slice:", d)
         i_slice = 0
     else:
         d = args.date