diff --git a/mbtrack2/tracking/particles.py b/mbtrack2/tracking/particles.py
index 87e393304e4f4d486634e50ef1d61688e4a37637..cc9e91eddb4f2e367e5ff269d91d10b8b9e766c9 100644
--- a/mbtrack2/tracking/particles.py
+++ b/mbtrack2/tracking/particles.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class Bunch:
         cov_y = np.cov(self['y'], self['yp'])        
         cov_z = np.cov(self['tau'], self['delta'])
         
-        if (self.ring.optics.local_dispersion[0, 1] != 0).all():
+        if (self.ring.optics.local_dispersion[0:1] != 0):
             cov_xdelta = np.cov(self['x'], self['delta'])
             cov_xpdelta = np.cov(self['xp'], self['delta'])
             cov_ydelta = np.cov(self['y'], self['delta'])        
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ class Bunch:
             sig22 = cov_x[1, 1] - cov_xpdelta[0, 1] * cov_xpdelta[0, 1] / cov_z[1, 1]
             emitX = np.sqrt(sig11*sig22-sig12*sig12)
 
-            sig11 = cov_x[0, 0] - cov_xdelta[0, 1] * cov_xdelta[0, 1] / cov_z[1,1]
-            sig12 = cov_x[0, 1] - cov_xdelta[0, 1] * cov_xpdelta[0, 1] / cov_z[1, 1]
-            sig22 = cov_x[1, 1] - cov_xpdelta[0, 1] * cov_xpdelta[0, 1] / cov_z[1, 1]
+            sig11 = cov_y[0, 0] - cov_ydelta[0, 1] * cov_ydelta[0, 1] / cov_z[1,1]
+            sig12 = cov_y[0, 1] - cov_ydelta[0, 1] * cov_ypdelta[0, 1] / cov_z[1, 1]
+            sig22 = cov_y[1, 1] - cov_ypdelta[0, 1] * cov_ypdelta[0, 1] / cov_z[1, 1]
             emitY = np.sqrt(sig11*sig22-sig12*sig12)
         else:
             emitX = np.sqrt(np.linalg.det(cov_x))