diff --git a/1_preprocessing/gtSetup.m b/1_preprocessing/gtSetup.m
index 13bf54d734949abf514d5ae4c52f336bfa98853e..693a297b299c5451b50343ef039005b3938b3dec 100644
--- a/1_preprocessing/gtSetup.m
+++ b/1_preprocessing/gtSetup.m
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ close('all');
 global GT_MATLAB_HOME
 interactive = true;
 
-parameters=[];
-list=[];
+parameters = [];
+list       = [];
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % check for a pre-existing parameters file
@@ -202,16 +202,15 @@ while ~hasChosen
     end
 end
 
+% if already exists a parameters.mat in the analysis directory, use it.
 tmpacqdir = parameters.acq.dir;
 parameters_name = fullfile(tmpacqdir,'parameters.mat');
-
 if exist(parameters_name,'file')
     p=load(parameters_name,'parameters');
     p.parameters.acq.dir = parameters.acq.dir;
     parameters = p.parameters;
     disp('Using parameters file in the analysis directory...')
     disp(parameters_name)
-
     clear p
 end
 parameters_name = fullfile(parameters.acq.dir,'parameters.mat');
@@ -222,7 +221,8 @@ parameters_name = fullfile(parameters.acq.dir,'parameters.mat');
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % check the default names etc before making directories
 % set up directory structure in this location
-
+parameters.acq.dir
+parameters.acq.collection_dir
 
 disp(['setting up directory structure in ' parameters.acq.dir]);
 [~,msg]=mkdir(parameters.acq.dir);                                                disp(msg)
@@ -551,9 +551,6 @@ if strcmpi(check,'n')
     disp('You can start the process later by running:')
     disp('    load(parameters)')
     disp('    gtCopyCorrectUndistortWrapper(parameters)')
-    if ~isempty(xopmsg)
-        disp(xopmsg)
-    end
     return
 end
 
@@ -562,11 +559,6 @@ disp('Starting data copying using OAR')
 disp(' ')
 gtCopyCorrectUndistortWrapper(parameters);
 
-% display xop message
-if ~isempty(xopmsg)
-    disp(xopmsg)
-end
-
 clear msg check
 
 end % end of function