diff --git a/reconSpyr.m b/reconSpyr.m
index fc9317f..270009d 100755
--- a/reconSpyr.m
+++ b/reconSpyr.m
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@
 
 %% residual highpass subband
 if any(levs == 0)
-   res = upConv( subMtx(pyr, pind(1,:)), hi0filt, edges, [1 1], [1 1], size(res), res);
+   upConv( subMtx(pyr, pind(1,:)), hi0filt, edges, [1 1], [1 1], size(res), res);
 end
  
diff --git a/reconSpyrLevs.m b/reconSpyrLevs.m
index e8db963..f8e456c 100755
--- a/reconSpyrLevs.m
+++ b/reconSpyrLevs.m
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   for b = 1:nbands
     if any(bands == b)
       bfilt = reshape(bfilts(:,b), bfiltsz, bfiltsz);
-      res = upConv(reshape(pyr(ind:ind+prod(res_sz)-1), res_sz(1), res_sz(2)), ...
+      upConv(reshape(pyr(ind:ind+prod(res_sz)-1), res_sz(1), res_sz(2)), ...
 		  bfilt, edges, [1 1], [1 1], res_sz, res);
     end
     ind = ind + prod(res_sz);