diff --git a/tools/fimg2text.c b/tools/fimg2text.c
index 9e9aa9e..7b19a3d 100644
--- a/tools/fimg2text.c
+++ b/tools/fimg2text.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ else {
 
 fp = stdout;					/* XXX */
 
+/*
+ *	put a first line, so we can load those data with R
+ */
 if (flags & 1) { fputs("X Y R G B\n", fp); }
 
 for (y=0; y<src->height; y+=steps) {
@@ -124,12 +127,8 @@ if (foo) {
 	return -1;
 	}
 
-if (verbosity) {
-	// fimg_describe(&fimg, srcname);
-	fprintf(stderr, "normalize to %f\n", norm);
-	}
 if (norm > 0.0) {
-	// fprintf(stderr, "normalize %p\n", &fimg);
+	if (verbosity) fprintf(stderr, "normalize to %f\n", norm);
 	foo = normalize(&fimg, norm);
 	}
 
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 int		foo, opt;
 int		steps = 1;
 int		header = 0;
-float		norm_val = 255.0;	/* < 0 : don't normalize */
+float		norm_val = -1;	/* < 0 : don't normalize */
 // char		separator = ' ';
 
 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "f:hn:s:Tv")) != -1) {