diff --git a/examples/asc_test/master.py b/examples/asc_test/master.py
index 91db2966fb262412058c195395912ffa13019004..02d8d72ed5c0efde0b845590653e12c982f36c57 100644
--- a/examples/asc_test/master.py
+++ b/examples/asc_test/master.py
@@ -24,17 +24,20 @@ def main():
     
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     --------------------------------------------------------------
-    """
-    
+    """    
     
-    kat = finesse.kat()
-    # or, for debugging we might need to see the file:
-    #kat = finesse.kat(tempdir=".",tempname="test")
+    # for debugging we might need to see the temporay file:
+    kat = finesse.kat(tempdir=".",tempname="test")
     kat.verbose = False
     kat.loadKatFile('asc_base.kat')
     kat.maxtem=3
     Lambda=1064.0e-9
     result = {}
+
+    # defining variables as global for debugging
+    #global kat
+    #global out
+    #global result
     
     print "--------------------------------------------------------"
     print " 1. tunes ETM position to find resonance"
diff --git a/examples/asc_test/master2.py b/examples/asc_test/master2.py
index d7e8fcd6587a96109e3224481255792d02baf51f..6ea631c2fd6c951c2e9b6ce5c8b3ba5042ffcdaa 100644
--- a/examples/asc_test/master2.py
+++ b/examples/asc_test/master2.py
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@ def main():
     print "--------------------------------------------------------"
     print " 8. compute ASC signal matrix at WFS1 and WFS2"
     signal = asc_signal(kat)
-
-print "--------------------------------------------------------"
-    print " 9. ASC signals for large misalignments (ITM)"
-    asc_large(kat)
-    
     
     print "--------------------------------------------------------"
     print " Saving results in temp. files to be read by master3.py"
@@ -272,7 +267,7 @@ def gravity_tilt(tmpkat):
     
 def tilt(tmpkat):
     kat = copy.deepcopy(tmpkat)
-
+    
     def compute_tilt(tmpkat):
         kat = copy.deepcopy(tmpkat)
         out = kat.run(printout=0,printerr=0)
@@ -318,6 +313,8 @@ def tilt(tmpkat):
     kat.parseKatCode(code_WFS1)
     kat.ITM.ybeta=1e-10
     kat.ETM.ybeta=0.0
+    #kstr=kat.generateKatScript()
+    #print kstr
     (a1, a2) = compute_tilt(kat)
 
     print " ETM ybeta -0.1nm"