diff --git a/olaflow/processing/animate.py b/olaflow/processing/animate.py
index 4873e99..9598028 100644
--- a/olaflow/processing/animate.py
+++ b/olaflow/processing/animate.py
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ with (
 ) as f:
     model = pickle.load(f)
 
-i0 = np.argmin(np.abs((model.x - x0) + 1j * (model.z - z0)))
-
 x0, idx0 = np.unique(model.x.astype(np.half), return_inverse=True)
 z0, idz0 = np.unique(model.z.astype(np.half), return_inverse=True)