diff --git a/bob/bio/spear/config/database/nist_sre12.py b/bob/bio/spear/config/database/nist_sre12.py
index a9b38ea0e8f779b91421e3e7d400ce8809d85acb..e54008632a6b5afce6698c25a21bc38a6e3849f4 100644
--- a/bob/bio/spear/config/database/nist_sre12.py
+++ b/bob/bio/spear/config/database/nist_sre12.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from bob.bio.spear.database import NistSre12BioDatabase
 
-#nist_sre12_directory = "/idiap/resource/database/nist_sre"
 nist_sre12_directory = "[YOUR_NIST_SRE12_DIRECTORY]"
 
 
diff --git a/bob/bio/spear/database/nist_sre12.py b/bob/bio/spear/database/nist_sre12.py
index 09b13a0500471539ce93df454370d57d1bf7ac67..360dc4bb6a7cf65250940cecea69d6491064ce18 100644
--- a/bob/bio/spear/database/nist_sre12.py
+++ b/bob/bio/spear/database/nist_sre12.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ class NistSre12BioFile(AudioBioFile):
         """
         super(NistSre12BioFile, self).__init__(client_id=f.client_id, path=f.path, file_id=f.id)
 
-        self.__f = f
-        self.path = os.path.join( os.path.dirname(self.__f.path), self.__f.id)
+        self.f = f
+        self.path = os.path.join( os.path.dirname(self.f.path), self.f.id)
         
     def load(self, directory=None, extension='.sph'):
-        rate, data = self.__f.load(directory, extension)
+        rate, data = self.f.load(directory, extension)
 
         data= np.cast['float'](data)
         return rate, data  
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class NistSre12BioFile(AudioBioFile):
         """
         # assure that directory and extension are actually strings
         # create the path
-        return str(os.path.join(directory or '', os.path.dirname(self.__f.path), self.__f.id + (extension or '')))
+        return str(os.path.join(directory or '', os.path.dirname(self.f.path), self.f.id + (extension or '')))
 
 
 class NistSre12BioDatabase(BioDatabase):