diff --git a/processing/post/imageDataDeformed.py b/processing/post/imageDataDeformed.py
index bb919c026..28981bc73 100755
--- a/processing/post/imageDataDeformed.py
+++ b/processing/post/imageDataDeformed.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ for name in filenames:
     errors.append('no deformation gradient tensor (1..9_{}) found.'.format(options.defgrad))
   
   if errors != []:
-    file['croak'].write('\n'.join(errors)+'\n')
+    table.croak.write('\n'.join(errors)+'\n')
     table.close(dismiss = True)
     continue
   
diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_check.py b/processing/pre/geom_check.py
index a7ee769a5..713ce97e5 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_check.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_check.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for name in filenames:
   if np.any(info['grid'] < 1):    errors.append('invalid grid a b c.')
   if np.any(info['size'] <= 0.0): errors.append('invalid size x y z.')
   if errors != []:
-    file['croak'](errors)
+    table.croak(errors)
     table.close(dismiss = True)
     continue
 
diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromImage.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromImage.py
index 9b8e69c37..83185fb38 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromImage.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromImage.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ for name in filenames:
   if np.any(info['grid'] < 1):    errors.append('invalid grid a b c.')
   if np.any(info['size'] <= 0.0): errors.append('invalid size x y z.')
   if errors != []:
-    file['croak'](errors)
+    table.croak(errors)
     table.close(dismiss = True)
     continue
 
diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_translate.py b/processing/pre/geom_translate.py
index 382019e0d..61898589d 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_translate.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_translate.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ for name in filenames:
   remarks = []
   if (any(newInfo['origin']          != info['origin'])):         remarks.append('--> origin   x y z:  %s'%(' : '.join(map(str,newInfo['origin']))))
   if (    newInfo['microstructures'] != info['microstructures']): remarks.append('--> microstructures: %i'%newInfo['microstructures'])
-  if remarks != []: file['croak'](remarks)
+  if remarks != []: table.croak(remarks)
 
 # --- write header ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_vicinityOffset.py b/processing/pre/geom_vicinityOffset.py
index 4d3349d09..f8a198de5 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_vicinityOffset.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_vicinityOffset.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ for name in filenames:
 
   remarks = []
   if (    newInfo['microstructures'] != info['microstructures']): remarks.append('--> microstructures: %i'%newInfo['microstructures'])
-  if remarks != []: file['croak'](remarks)
+  if remarks != []: table.croak(remarks)
 
 # --- write header ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------