diff --git a/python/src/DeclareImageLayer.h b/python/src/DeclareImageLayer.h
index 7b13748a..302f885e 100644
--- a/python/src/DeclareImageLayer.h
+++ b/python/src/DeclareImageLayer.h
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ std::unordered_map<Enum::ChannelID, std::vector<T>> generateImageData(py::array_
         for (size_t i = 0; i < shape[0]; ++i)
         {
             std::vector<T> channelData(channelSize);
-            /*const T* startPtr = image_data.data() + i * channelSize;
+            const T* startPtr = image_data.data() + i * channelSize;
             std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(channelData.data()), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(startPtr), channelSize * sizeof(T));
-            */
             std::cout << "Iteration: " << i << std::endl;
             img_data_cpp[rgbChannelIDs[i]] = channelData;
             std::cout << "img_data_cpp size: " << img_data_cpp.size() << std::endl;
         }
+        std::cout << "Returning image data" << std::endl;
         return img_data_cpp;
     }
 
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<ImageLayer<T>> createImageLayerFromNpArray(
     
     // Generate an unordered dict from the image data trying to automatically decode channels into their corresponding
     // channel mappings 
+    std::cout << "Generating image data..." << std::endl;
     auto img_data_cpp = generateImageData(image_data, width, height, color_mode);
+    std::cout << "Generated image data" << std::endl;
 
     params.layerName = layer_name;
     params.blendMode = blend_mode;