diff --git a/flepimop/R_packages/inference/R/inference_slot_runner_funcs.R b/flepimop/R_packages/inference/R/inference_slot_runner_funcs.R
index 153f6ba87..ea15b03bd 100644
--- a/flepimop/R_packages/inference/R/inference_slot_runner_funcs.R
+++ b/flepimop/R_packages/inference/R/inference_slot_runner_funcs.R
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ initialize_mcmc_first_block <- function(
             tryCatch({
                 gempyor_inference_runner$one_simulation(sim_id2write = block - 1)
             }, error = function(e) {
-                print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 748 of inference_slot_runner_funcs.R).")
+                print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 740 of inference_slot_runner_funcs.R).")
                 print("Here is all the debug information I could find:")
                 for(m in reticulate::py_last_error()) cat(m)
                 stop("GempyorSimulator failed to run... stopping")
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ initialize_mcmc_first_block <- function(
             tryCatch({
                 gempyor_inference_runner$one_simulation(sim_id2write = block - 1, load_ID = TRUE, sim_id2load = block - 1)
             }, error = function(e) {
-                print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 766 of inference_slot_runner_funcs.R).")
+                print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 758 of inference_slot_runner_funcs.R).")
                 print("Here is all the debug information I could find:")
                 for(m in reticulate::py_last_error()) cat(m)
                 stop("GempyorSimulator failed to run... stopping")
diff --git a/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/docs/Rinterface.Rmd b/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/docs/Rinterface.Rmd
index c7c871fa0..9a6278e26 100644
--- a/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/docs/Rinterface.Rmd
+++ b/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/docs/Rinterface.Rmd
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ Here we specified that the data folder specified in the config lies in the `test
   stoch_traj_flag=False,
   rng_seed=None,
   nslots=1,
-  initialize=True,  
   out_run_id=None,  # if out_run_id should be different from in_run_id, put it here
   out_prefix=None,  # if out_prefix should be different from in_prefix, put it here
   spatial_path_prefix="",  # in case the data folder is on another directory
diff --git a/flepimop/main_scripts/inference_slot.R b/flepimop/main_scripts/inference_slot.R
index 08673feff..54a05f657 100644
--- a/flepimop/main_scripts/inference_slot.R
+++ b/flepimop/main_scripts/inference_slot.R
@@ -429,15 +429,13 @@ for(seir_modifiers_scenario in seir_modifiers_scenarios) {
                 seir_modifiers_scenario=seir_modifiers_scenario,
                 outcome_modifiers_scenario=outcome_modifiers_scenario,
                 stoch_traj_flag=opt$stoch_traj_flag,
-                initialize=TRUE,  # Shall we pre-compute now things that are not pertubed by inference
                 run_id=opt$run_id,
                 prefix=reticulate::py_none(), # we let gempyor create setup prefix
                 inference_filepath_suffix=global_intermediate_filepath_suffix,
                 inference_filename_prefix=slotblock_filename_prefix
-                #index =
             )
         }, error = function(e) {
-            print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 538 of inference_slot.R).")
+            print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 426 of inference_slot.R).")
             print("Here is all the debug information I could find:")
             for(m in reticulate::py_last_error()) cat(m)
             stop("GempyorSimulator failed to run... stopping")
@@ -544,7 +542,7 @@ for(seir_modifiers_scenario in seir_modifiers_scenarios) {
             ## Using the prefixes, create standardized files of each type (e.g., seir) of the form
             ## {variable}/{prefix}{block-1}.{run_id}.{variable}.{ext}
             ## N.B.: prefix should end in "{block}."
-            this_global_files <- inference::create_filename_list(run_id=opt$run_id,  prefix = setup_prefix, filepath_suffix=global_intermediate_filepath_suffix,filename_prefix=slotblock_filename_prefix,  index=this_index)
+            this_global_files <- inference::create_filename_list(run_id=opt$run_id,  prefix = setup_prefix, filepath_suffix=global_intermediate_filepath_suffix, filename_prefix=slotblock_filename_prefix, index=this_index)
             this_chimeric_files <- inference::create_filename_list(run_id=opt$run_id, prefix = setup_prefix, filepath_suffix=chimeric_intermediate_filepath_suffix, filename_prefix=slotblock_filename_prefix, index=this_index)
 
             ### Do perturbations from accepted parameters to get proposed parameters ----
@@ -623,7 +621,7 @@ for(seir_modifiers_scenario in seir_modifiers_scenarios) {
                     load_ID=TRUE,
                     sim_id2load=this_index)
             }, error = function(e) {
-                print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 538 of inference_slot.R).")
+                print("GempyorSimulator failed to run (call on l. 620 of inference_slot.R).")
                 print("Here is all the debug information I could find:")
                 for(m in reticulate::py_last_error()) cat(m)
                 stop("GempyorSimulator failed to run... stopping")