diff --git a/src/gui_qt/io/asciireader.py b/src/gui_qt/io/asciireader.py
index d4bf67f..543654a 100644
--- a/src/gui_qt/io/asciireader.py
+++ b/src/gui_qt/io/asciireader.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from nmreval.io.asciireader import AsciiReader
 
-from gui_qt.Qt import QtGui, QtCore, QtWidgets
-from gui_qt._py.asciidialog import Ui_ascii_reader
+from ..Qt import QtGui, QtCore, QtWidgets
+from .._py.asciidialog import Ui_ascii_reader
 
 
 class QAsciiReader(QtWidgets.QDialog, Ui_ascii_reader):
@@ -208,14 +208,3 @@ class QAsciiReader(QtWidgets.QDialog, Ui_ascii_reader):
     def skip_next_dial(self, _: int):
         print('skippy das buschkänguru', _)
         self.skip = self.skippy_checkbox.isChecked()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app = QtWidgets.QApplication([])
-    # w = QAsciiReader(fname='/autohome/dominik/nmreval/testdata/T_1_omega/250.dat')
-    # w = QAsciiReader(fname='/autohome/dominik/nmreval/testdata/alter_fit_fitparameter.dat')
-    w = QAsciiReader(fname='/autohome/dominik/nmreval/testdata/alter_fit_fitparameter2.dat')
-    # w = QAsciiReader(fname='/autohome/dominik/nmreval/testdata/alter_fit_fit_200.dat')
-
-    w.show()
-    app.exec()
diff --git a/src/nmreval/data/points.py b/src/nmreval/data/points.py
index f118a97..05854f4 100644
--- a/src/nmreval/data/points.py
+++ b/src/nmreval/data/points.py
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ class Points:
 
         if x.shape != y.shape:
             # remove ugly 1-length dims
-            x = np.squeeze(x)
-            y = np.squeeze(y)
-            if x.shape != y.shape:
-                raise ValueError(f'x ({x.shape}) and y ({y.shape}) have different shapes')
+            try:
+                y = y.reshape(x.shape)
+            except ValueError as e:
+                raise ValueError(f'x ({x.shape}) and y ({y.shape}) have different shapes') from e
 
         mask = np.ones_like(x, dtype=bool)
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Points:
             y_err = np.atleast_1d(y_err)
             if y_err.shape != y.shape:
                 raise ValueError(f'y_err ({y_err.shape}) and y ({y.shape}) have different shapes')
-
+        print(x, x.shape, x.ndim)
         return x, y, y_err, mask
 
     @property
diff --git a/src/nmreval/io/asciireader.py b/src/nmreval/io/asciireader.py
index 7265ad6..979c560 100644
--- a/src/nmreval/io/asciireader.py
+++ b/src/nmreval/io/asciireader.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import pathlib
 import re
-from collections import OrderedDict
-from itertools import islice, zip_longest
+from itertools import islice
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -30,36 +29,6 @@ class AsciiReader:
             self.make_preview(10)
             self.look_for_delay()
 
-    def load_file(self, comments='#'):
-        i = 0
-        with self.fname.open('r') as f:
-            for line in f:
-                line = line.rstrip('\n\t\r, ')
-
-                if line.startswith(comments):
-                    self.header.append(line.replace(comments, '').strip())
-
-                else:
-                    if line == '':
-                        continue
-                    line = re.split('[\s,;]', line)
-                    try:
-                        comment_start = line.index('#')
-                        self.line_comment.append(' '.join(line[comment_start:]))
-                        line = line[:comment_start]
-                    except ValueError:
-                        self.line_comment.append('')
-
-                    self.width = max(self.width, len(line))
-                    self.data.append(line)
-
-                i += 1
-                if i == self.maxcount:
-                    break
-
-        if all(l == '' for l in self.line_comment):
-            self.line_comment = []
-
     def read_header(self, comments='#'):
         with self.fname.open('r') as f:
             for line in f.readlines():