diff --git a/asr_test_top.sh b/asr_test_top.sh
index 00000c9..13e80ae 100755
--- a/asr_test_top.sh
+++ b/asr_test_top.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ rm -f ${controls_file}
 ./asr_test.sh 4kHz -n $n --results ${controls_file}
 ./asr_test.sh ssb -n $n --results ${controls_file}
 ./asr_test.sh rade -n $n --results ${controls_file}
+# strip off all but last column for Octave plotting
+cat ${controls_file} | awk '{print $NF}' > ${results_file}_c.txt
 
 ssb  ${results_file}_awgn_ssb.txt  "-100 -38 -35 -32 -29 -26 -23 -20 -17"
 rade ${results_file}_awgn_rade.txt "100 15 10 5 2.5 0 -2.5"
diff --git a/radae_plots.m b/radae_plots.m
index 989d2ef..b4a8f72 100644
--- a/radae_plots.m
+++ b/radae_plots.m
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ function plot_wer(prefix_fn, png_fn="", epslatex="")
   hold off;
   axis([xmin,xmax,0,40]); grid; ylabel('WER \%'); xlabel("SNR3k (dB)");
 
-
   if length(png_fn)
     print("-dpng",png_fn,"-S800,600");
   end