diff --git a/extraction/core/extractor.py b/extraction/core/extractor.py
index be0cf9d5cbc8b8511d01654286e9e533285dfe0a..cfb2d2db0f247bd389cda6a2ff4a6692f9b7729d 100644
--- a/extraction/core/extractor.py
+++ b/extraction/core/extractor.py
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class Extractor(ProcessABC):
                     **kwargs,
                 )
 
-        del traps, masks
+        # del traps, masks
         return d
 
     def get_imgs(self, channel, traps, channels=None):