From 8801119299d684fc71b520bec8596e6086f454e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris <christopher.smiet@epfl.ch>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:30:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix error in reading VNC array from file

---
 src/simsopt/field/normal_field.py | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/simsopt/field/normal_field.py b/src/simsopt/field/normal_field.py
index f2910ca79..8c14d3398 100644
--- a/src/simsopt/field/normal_field.py
+++ b/src/simsopt/field/normal_field.py
@@ -101,18 +101,18 @@ def from_spec(cls, filename):
         if ph['istellsym']:
             vnc = None
         else:
-            vnc = np.asarray(ph['vnc'][1:])
+            vnc = np.asarray(ph['vnc'])
 
-        nf = cls(
-            nfp=ph['nfp'], 
-            stellsym=ph['istellsym'], 
-            mpol=ph['Mpol'], 
+        normal_field = cls(
+            nfp=ph['nfp'],
+            stellsym=bool(ph['istellsym']),
+            mpol=ph['Mpol'],
             ntor=ph['Ntor'],
             vns=vns,
             vnc=vnc
         )
 
-        return nf
+        return normal_field
 
     def get_index_in_dofs(self, m, n, mpol=None, ntor=None, even=False):
         """