diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
index db3592739..2b2887ada 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ for x in range(options.grid[0]):
 geom=damask.Geom(microstructure,options.size,
                  homogenization=options.homogenization,
                  comments=[scriptID + ' ' + ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])])
-
 damask.util.croak(geom)
+
 if name is None:
   sys.stdout.write(str(geom.show()))
 else:
diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromOsteonGeometry.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromOsteonGeometry.py
index af778020f..ebfde38fa 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromOsteonGeometry.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromOsteonGeometry.py
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ for i in range(3,np.max(microstructure)):
   config_header.append('[Point{}]'.format(i-2))
   config_header.append('(gauss)\tphi1 {:.2f}\tPhi {:.2f}\tphi2 0'.format(Alpha[i],Beta[i]))
 
-header = [scriptID + ' ' + ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])] + config_header
+header = [scriptID + ' ' + ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])]\
+       + config_header
 geom = damask.Geom(microstructure.reshape(grid),
                    size,-size/2,
                    homogenization=options.homogenization,comments=header)
diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py
index 03880267f..18b9b8b7f 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py
@@ -194,15 +194,17 @@ parser.set_defaults(pos            = 'pos',
                     normalized     = True,
                     config         = True,
                   )
+
 (options,filenames) = parser.parse_args()
 
-# --- loop over input files -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if filenames == []: filenames = [None]
 
 for name in filenames:
-  table = damask.ASCIItable(name = name, readonly = True)
   damask.util.report(scriptName,name)
+    
+  table = damask.ASCIItable(name = name, readonly = True)
+
 
 # --- read header ----------------------------------------------------------------------------