diff --git a/imagestitch.py b/imagestitch.py
index 48bb76ce2389799e377f6cf3893332e1e91da33a..519a81268bab37749b8600ea5c34cb126aa39c6b 100644
--- a/imagestitch.py
+++ b/imagestitch.py
@@ -24,17 +24,15 @@ import numpy as np
 
 def imageStacking(colimgs):
     full = []
-    images = []
     laplacians = []
     for img in colimgs:
         gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
         
-        lap = cv2.Laplacian(gray, cv2.CV_64F)
+        lap = cv2.Laplacian(gray, cv2.CV_64F, ksize=7)
         full.append(img)
-        images.append(gray)
         blurlap = (cv2.GaussianBlur((lap)**2,(25,25),0))
         laplacians.append(blurlap)
-    images = np.array(images)
+
     laplacians = np.array(laplacians)
     full = np.array(full)
     full = np.uint8(full)