diff --git a/stim/image/image.h b/stim/image/image.h
index 4a324b2..750aedb 100644
--- a/stim/image/image.h
+++ b/stim/image/image.h
@@ -95,25 +95,26 @@ public:
 	image(){ init(); }							//initialize all variables to zero, don't allocate any memory
 
 	/// Constructor with a filename - loads the specified file
-	image(std::string filename) : image(){				//constructor initialize the image with an image file
+	image(std::string filename){				//constructor initialize the image with an image file
+		init();
 		load(filename);
 	}
 
 	/// Create a new image from scratch given a number of samples and channels
-	image(size_t x, size_t y = 1, size_t c = 1) : image(){
+	image(size_t x, size_t y = 1, size_t c = 1){
 		init();
 		allocate(x, y, c);
 	}
 
 	/// Create a new image with the data given in 'data'
-	image(T* data, size_t x, size_t y, size_t c = 1) : image(){
+	image(T* data, size_t x, size_t y, size_t c = 1){
 		init();
 		allocate(x, y, c);
 		memcpy(img, data, bytes());
 	}
 
 	/// Copy constructor - duplicates an image object
-	image(const stim::image<T>& I) : image(){
+	image(const stim::image<T>& I){
 		init();
 		allocate(I.X(), I.Y(), I.C());
 		memcpy(img, I.img, bytes());
@@ -358,30 +359,19 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	///crops the image from x1 to x0 and y1 to y0 and returns a new (smaller) image.
-	///Untested
 	image<T> crop(int x0, int x1, int y0, int y1)
 	{
 		
 		image<T> ret(x1-x0, y1-y0, C());
 		int newWidth = x1-x0;
 		int destidx, srcidx;
+		///for each row, cut what amount of data from the original and put it into the new copy.
 		for(int i = 0; i < (y1-y0); i++)
 		{
 			destidx = i*newWidth*C(); ///destination index one per each row
 			srcidx = ((i+(y0))*X()+x0)*C(); ///source index, one per each row.
-//			ret.set_interleaved_rgb(img[srcidx], newWidth, y1-y0, C());
 			memcpy(&ret.img[destidx], &img[srcidx], sizeof(T)*newWidth*C());
 		}		
-	
-//		for(int i = 0; i < (x1 -x0); i++)
-//		{
-//			for(int j = 0; j < (y1 - y0); j++)
-//			{
-//				destidx = j*newWidth*C() + i;
-//				srcidx = ((i+(y0))*X() +x0)*C() + i;
-//				ret.img[destidx] = img[srcidx];
-//			}
-//		}
 		return ret;
 	}
 
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