diff --git a/matlab/GetPosteriorParametersStatistics.m b/matlab/GetPosteriorParametersStatistics.m
index 3ce58e1d60f98f880c8baf0d08e1d0feb1af88ac..eae4aa98408c926c666fd55747e5fbeed081af2e 100644
--- a/matlab/GetPosteriorParametersStatistics.m
+++ b/matlab/GetPosteriorParametersStatistics.m
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ OutputDirectoryName = CheckPath('Output');
 
 load([ DirectoryName '/'  M_.fname '_mh_history'])
 FirstMhFile = record.KeepedDraws.FirstMhFile;
-FirstLine = record.KeepedDraws.FirstLine; ifil = FirstLine;
+FirstLine = record.KeepedDraws.FirstLine;
 TotalNumberOfMhFiles = sum(record.MhDraws(:,2))
 TotalNumberOfMhDraws = sum(record.MhDraws(:,1));
 FirstMhFile = record.KeepedDraws.FirstMhFile;