diff --git a/manipylator/controller.py b/manipylator/controller.py
index 7ccecdaa85676f4e560bb07fc0d2baca5fc1e2bb..2a43467084df73bb19b67a6c7c0bb91ce8af39d7 100644
--- a/manipylator/controller.py
+++ b/manipylator/controller.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Controller:
         self.stage_refmodes = stage_properties['stage_refmodes']  ## refmodes arg in pitools.startup
         self.virtual = False  # make a virtual stage
         self.stage_raw_pos = None  # stage raw position (output of get_pos())
-        self.stage_pos = None  # transformed stage position (output of transform_stage_pos(pos,raw2im=True))
+        self.stage_pos = None  # transformed stage position (output of transform_stage_pos(pos))
         self.move_seq_data = None  # a dict to store positions when move_sequence is called
 
         # initialize tip parameters
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class Controller:
         else: 
             raise Exception("ERROR: tip_axis ({}) is not supported, must be 'x' or 'y'.".format(self.tip_axis))
         
-        raw_stage_pos = self.transform_stage_pos(target_stage_pos, raw2im=False)
+        raw_stage_pos = self.transform_stage_pos(target_stage_pos)
 
         self.move(raw_stage_pos)
 
diff --git a/stage_controler.ipynb b/stage_controler.ipynb
index 62d3dea5695f7f6c0860167a66b3312c699b4005..bcf36eade706509e8d8fe09c6b6d12cc1fa5f011 100755
--- a/stage_controler.ipynb
+++ b/stage_controler.ipynb
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     "display(stages_wid)\n",
     "\n",
     "printmd(\"Are they virtual stages (useful for offline debugging)?\")\n",
-    "virtual_wid = widgets.ToggleButton(value=True, description='Virtual stage')\n",
+    "virtual_wid = widgets.ToggleButton(value=False, description='Virtual stage')\n",
     "display(virtual_wid)"
    ]
   },