diff --git a/src/starformation/schaye08/starformation.h b/src/starformation/schaye08/starformation.h
index 6e9b120b85fdd9e7240ccf4203f3ff3eabafd40a..6ed3f0fcf2d00b17e4afa6fbdfb8c8d5096aa475 100644
--- a/src/starformation/schaye08/starformation.h
+++ b/src/starformation/schaye08/starformation.h
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ INLINE static void star_formation_copy_properties(
   //sp->birth_density = p->density;
   
 
+  message("Copy Properties");
 
 }
 
@@ -329,17 +330,6 @@ INLINE static void starformation_init_backend(
   starform->fgas / G_newton * 1337.f, (starform->KS_power_law 
   - starform->KS_high_den_power_law)/2.f);
 
-  /* Read the critical temperature from the parameter file */
-  starform->T_crit = parser_get_param_double(parameter_file,
-  "SchayeSF:T_crit");
-
-  /* Read the gas fraction from the file */
-  starform->fgas = parser_get_param_double(parameter_file,
-  "SchayeSF:fg");
-
-  /* Calculate inverse of RAND_MAX */
-  starform->inv_RAND_MAX = 1.f / RAND_MAX;
-
   /* Calculate the SF high density normalization */
   starform->SF_high_den_normalization = starform->KS_high_den_normalization 
   * pow(M_per_pc2, -starform->KS_high_den_power_law) * pow( hydro_gamma