diff --git a/fsl_mrs_mce/mc_gen.py b/fsl_mrs_mce/mc_gen.py
index a739a8e..3207e24 100644
--- a/fsl_mrs_mce/mc_gen.py
+++ b/fsl_mrs_mce/mc_gen.py
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ def mc(
     # Print results to file
     noise_fit.to_csv(file_out_path)
 
-    print(str("Finishing noise_sd", round(noise_sd, 2), " with ",
-              str(round(n, 2)), "repetitions, Runtime took ",
-              round(time.time()-runtime, 2), "[s]"))
+    print("Finishing noise_sd", round(noise_sd, 2), " with ",
+          round(n, 2), "repetitions, Runtime took ",
+          round(time.time()-runtime, 2), "[s]")
 
     return noise_fit, file_out_path