diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/FrameReader.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/FrameReader.cpp
index 2fe143ee90..812f4db7cc 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/FrameReader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/FrameReader.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
             auto lastSlash = filename.rfind('/');
             result = filename.substr(0, lastSlash + 1);
         } else {
-            std::string result = QFileInfo(filename.c_str()).absoluteDir().canonicalPath().toStdString();
+            result = QFileInfo(filename.c_str()).absoluteDir().canonicalPath().toStdString();
             if (*result.rbegin() != '/') {
                 result += '/';
             }
diff --git a/tools/noramlizeFrame.py b/tools/noramlizeFrame.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f1012f6428..0000000000
--- a/tools/noramlizeFrame.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import json
-import shutil
-import sys
-
-def scriptRelative(*paths):
-    scriptdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
-    result = os.path.join(scriptdir, *paths)
-    result = os.path.realpath(result)
-    result = os.path.normcase(result)
-    return result
-
-
-
-class FrameProcessor:
-    def __init__(self, filename):
-        self.filename = filename
-        dir, name = os.path.split(self.filename)
-        self.dir = dir
-        self.ktxDir = os.path.join(self.dir, 'ktx')
-        os.makedirs(self.ktxDir, exist_ok=True)
-        self.resDir = scriptRelative("../interface/resources")
-
-        if (name.endswith(".json")):
-            self.name = name[0:-5]
-        else:
-            self.name = name
-            self.filename = self.filename + '.json'
-
-        with open(self.filename, 'r') as f:
-            self.json = json.load(f)
-
-
-    def processKtx(self, texture):
-        if texture is None: return
-        if not 'ktxFile' in texture: return
-        sourceKtx = texture['ktxFile']
-        if sourceKtx.startswith(':'):
-            sourceKtx = sourceKtx[1:]
-            while sourceKtx.startswith('/'):
-                sourceKtx = sourceKtx[1:]
-            sourceKtx = os.path.join(self.resDir, sourceKtx)
-        sourceKtxDir, sourceKtxName = os.path.split(sourceKtx)
-        destKtx = os.path.join(self.ktxDir, sourceKtxName)
-        if not os.path.isfile(destKtx):
-            shutil.copy(sourceKtx, destKtx)
-        newValue = 'ktx/' + sourceKtxName
-        texture['ktxFile'] = newValue
-        
-
-    def process(self):
-        for texture in self.json['textures']:
-            self.processKtx(texture)
-
-        with open(self.filename, 'w') as f:
-            json.dump(self.json, f, indent=2)
-
-fp = FrameProcessor("D:/Frames/20190114_1629.json")
-fp.process()
-
-
-#C:\Users\bdavi\git\hifi\interface\resources\meshes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/normalizeFrame.py b/tools/normalizeFrame.py
index 36b2038d5c..892609bbf0 100644
--- a/tools/normalizeFrame.py
+++ b/tools/normalizeFrame.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ class FrameProcessor:
         if not 'ktxFile' in texture: return
         sourceKtx = texture['ktxFile']
         if sourceKtx.startswith(':'):
-            sourceKtx = os.path.join(self.resDir, sourceKtx[3:])
+            sourceKtx = sourceKtx[1:]
+            while sourceKtx.startswith('/'):
+                sourceKtx = sourceKtx[1:]
+            sourceKtx = os.path.join(self.resDir, sourceKtx)
         sourceKtxDir, sourceKtxName = os.path.split(sourceKtx)
         destKtx = os.path.join(self.ktxDir, sourceKtxName)
         if not os.path.isfile(destKtx):
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ class FrameProcessor:
         with open(self.filename, 'w') as f:
             json.dump(self.json, f, indent=2)
 
-fp = FrameProcessor("D:/Frames/20190110_1635.json")
+fp = FrameProcessor("D:/Frames/20190112_1647.json")
 fp.process()