diff --git a/gt_segmented_cf.py b/gt_segmented_cf.py
index dd6442185bf23c4c7144f28dc403aaef536c64c7..07a2dd58f966ac86ba8c8cf89d25e2360bd1f8dd 100755
--- a/gt_segmented_cf.py
+++ b/gt_segmented_cf.py
@@ -48,16 +48,18 @@ def calculate_radii_and_rossby(start, end, inc, segment, e_overestim, extremum,
     
     for i in range(start, end, inc):
         current_eddy = report_graph.node_to_date_eddy(segment[i], e_overestim)
-        date = datetime.date(1950,1,1) + datetime.timedelta(current_eddy['date_index'])
+        date = datetime.date(1950, 1, 1) \
+            + datetime.timedelta(current_eddy['date_index'])
         year = date.year
         
         # calculate the location in the shapefile
         d_init_1 = extremum[year].record(0)[1]
         location = comp_ishape(d_init_1, ishape_last[year], 
-                               current_eddy['date_index'], current_eddy['eddy_index'])
-        
-        # now that we have the location in the shapefiles, we need to get the radius and the rossby number
+                               current_eddy['date_index'],
+                               current_eddy['eddy_index'])
         
+        # now that we have the location in the shapefiles, we need to
+        # get the radius and the rossby number
         shapeRec = extremum[year].shapeRecord(location)
         # rossby:
         lat_in_deg = shapeRec.shape.points[0][1]
@@ -137,8 +139,8 @@ shp_tr_dir = input('Directory containing %Y/SHPC_(anti|cyclo): ')
     
 for year in range(1993,2019):
     shp_dir = path.join(shp_tr_dir, f'{year}/SHPC_{orientation}')
-    extremum[year] = shapefile.Reader(path.join(shp_dir, 'extremum.shp'))
-    max_speed[year] = shapefile.Reader(path.join(shp_dir, 'max_speed_contour.shp'))
+    extremum[year] = shapefile.Reader(path.join(shp_dir, 'extremum'))
+    max_speed[year] = shapefile.Reader(path.join(shp_dir, 'max_speed_contour'))
     ishape_last[year] = loadtxt(path.join(shp_dir, 'ishape_last.txt'), 
                                 dtype = int, delimiter = "\n", unpack = False) 
 
@@ -147,12 +149,8 @@ num_of_days_to_avg = 7
 
 # we iterate on the years because the segments are non sequential in time
 for yr in range(1993, 2019):
-    
     print(f'Current year: {yr}') 
-
-    # grab the shapefiles
-    # load the shapefiles and the ishape_last files
-    print('Loading extrema and ishape_last files.')
+    print('Loading shapefiles...')
 
     max_rcd = {}