diff --git a/core/processes/picker.py b/core/processes/picker.py
index a7221e6f8146609a59921e3752826aedac6c3802..ef986cfa3974f474a1df901beddb960bae4d115f 100644
--- a/core/processes/picker.py
+++ b/core/processes/picker.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import seaborn as sns
-from matplotlib import pyplot as plt  # TODO DELETE THIS
-
 from typing import Tuple, Union, List
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
@@ -29,10 +26,10 @@ class pickerParameters(ParametersABC):
             {
                 "sequence": [
                     # ("lineage", "intersection", "families"),
-                    ("condition", "intersection", "any_present", 0.8),
-                    ("condition", "intersection", "growing", 40),
-                    ("condition", "intersection", "present", 8),
-                    ("condition", "intersection", "mother_buds", 5, 0.8),
+                    ["condition", "intersection", "any_present", 0.8],
+                    ["condition", "intersection", "growing", 40],
+                    ["condition", "intersection", "present", 8],
+                    ["condition", "intersection", "mother_buds", 5, 0.8],
                     # ("lineage", "full_families", "intersection"),
                 ],
             }
diff --git a/core/processor.py b/core/processor.py
index 81c54b6f19f60df1316223df87ad8dbb883c1ef3..46bbd6cb3711c96d8f751a332f079602cc101464 100644
--- a/core/processor.py
+++ b/core/processor.py
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ class PostProcessorParameters(ParametersABC):
                         "merger": "/extraction/general/None/area",
                         "picker": ["/extraction/general/None/area"],
                     },
-                    "processes": (
-                        (
+                    "processes": [
+                        [
                             "bud_metric",
                             [
                                 "/extraction/general/None/volume",
                                 "/extraction/em_ratio/np_max/mean",
                                 "/extraction/em_ratio/np_max/median",
                             ],
-                        ),
-                        (
+                        ],
+                        [
                             "dsignal",
                             [
                                 "/extraction/general/None/volume",
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class PostProcessorParameters(ParametersABC):
                                 "/postprocessing/bud_metric/extraction_em_ratio_np_max_mean",
                                 "/postprocessing/bud_metric/extraction_em_ratio_np_max_median",
                             ],
-                        ),
+                        ],
                         (
                             "aggregate",
                             [
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ class PostProcessorParameters(ParametersABC):
                             ],
                         ),
                         # "savgol": ["/extraction/general/None/area"],
-                    ),
+                    ],
                 },
                 parameters={
                     "prepost": {
-                        "merger": mergerParameters.default(),
-                        "picker": pickerParameters.default(),
+                        "merger": mergerParameters.default().to_dict(),
+                        "picker": pickerParameters.default().to_dict(),
                     }
                 },
                 outpaths={"aggregate": "/postprocessing/experiment_wide/aggregated/"},