diff --git a/PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreter.cc b/PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreter.cc
index 492c57acf07bb0e80b8a5e1ad9b80680f4a14395..3b7c3311e3abaf217b3b41f6e7f0756d04cb65de 100644
--- a/PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreter.cc
+++ b/PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreter.cc
@@ -224,20 +224,23 @@ void PythonInterpreter::initPython() {
 
     #ifdef PYTHON_DEBUG
       std::cerr << " Done" << std::endl;
-      std::cerr << "Save thread ...";
+    //   std::cerr << "Save thread ...";
     #endif
 
-    // Do not release the GIL until all modules are initalzed
-    PyEval_SaveThread();
+    // Apparently we dont use threads anymore, so this block is not needed
 
-    #ifdef PYTHON_DEBUG
-      std::cerr << " Done" << std::endl;
-    #endif
+    // // Do not release the GIL until all modules are initalzed
+    // PyEval_SaveThread();
+
+    // #ifdef PYTHON_DEBUG
+    //   std::cerr << " Done" << std::endl;
+    // #endif
 
     // =========================================================
     // Test for numpy
     // =========================================================
   }
+  
 
   if ( !runScript("import numpy") ) {
       std::cerr << "Python Error!!! Module numpy not found. Please install numpy in your python environment!" << std::endl;