diff --git a/processing/misc/OIMgrainFile_toTable.py b/processing/misc/OIMgrainFile_toTable.py
index a2a8c9d3b..063adb0db 100755
--- a/processing/misc/OIMgrainFile_toTable.py
+++ b/processing/misc/OIMgrainFile_toTable.py
@@ -13,23 +13,13 @@ scriptID   = ' '.join([scriptName,damask.version])
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 parser = OptionParser(option_class=damask.extendableOption, usage='%prog [file[s]]', description = """
-Adds header to OIM grain file to make it accesible as ASCII table
+Adds header to OIM grain file type 1 to make it accesible as ASCII table
 
 """, version = scriptID)
 
-defaults = {'labels':['1_euler','2_euler','3_euler','1_pos','2_pos','IQ','CI','Fit','GrainID']}
-
-parser.add_option('-l', '--labels',
-                  dest   = 'labels',
-                  action = 'extend', metavar = '<string LIST>',
-                  help   = 'lables of requested columns [{}]'.format(defaults['labels']))
-
 
 (options, filenames) = parser.parse_args()
 
-if options.labels is None:
-  options.labels = defaults['labels']
-
 # --- loop over input files -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if filenames == []: filenames = [None]
@@ -44,10 +34,10 @@ for name in filenames:
   table.head_read()
   data = []
   while  table.data_read():
-    data.append(table.data[0:len(options.labels)])
+    data.append(table.data[0:9])
 
   table.info_append(scriptID + '\t' + ' '.join(sys.argv[1:]))
-  table.labels_append(options.labels)
+  table.labels_append(['1_euler','2_euler','3_euler','1_pos','2_pos','IQ','CI','Fit','GrainID'])
   table.head_write()
   for i in data:
     table.data = i