diff --git a/ohmpi/hardware_system.py b/ohmpi/hardware_system.py
index 0d6981147b16d19afa234c5731b50e9d670a30cb..4ef57096213f9f1b14184665ae20451dd0159fa6 100644
--- a/ohmpi/hardware_system.py
+++ b/ohmpi/hardware_system.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class OhmPiHardware:
     def last_vmn_dev(self, delay=0.):  # TODO: should compute std per stack because this does not account for SP...
         v = np.where((self.readings[:, 0] >= delay) & (self.readings[:, 2] != 0))[0]
         if len(v) > 1:
-            return 100. * np.std(self.readings[v, 2] * (self.readings[v, 4]) - self.sp) / self.last_vmn(delay=delay)
+            return 100. * np.std(self.readings[v, 2] * (self.readings[v, 4] - self.sp)) / self.last_vmn(delay=delay)
         else:
             return np.nan