diff --git a/common/python/nomadcore/md_data_access/MDDataAccess.py b/common/python/nomadcore/md_data_access/MDDataAccess.py
index 305ff09521f6dd9fb58a0c3b67f80d675f396616..f1313473addee599613f9fa85f7cbc456659521e 100644
--- a/common/python/nomadcore/md_data_access/MDDataAccess.py
+++ b/common/python/nomadcore/md_data_access/MDDataAccess.py
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@ class MDDataAccess(object):
         if self.trajectory is None:
             self.trajectory = MDDataTrajectory()
         self.trajectory.filename = self.trajfile
-        self.trajectory.nsteps = self.set_nsteps()
+        #self.trajectory.nsteps = self.set_nsteps()
         self.trajectory.frame_no = -1
         self.trajectory.trajDict = None
         self.trajectory.positions = self.trajgen