diff --git a/app-proto/src/add_remove.rs b/app-proto/src/add_remove.rs
index f3bbc97..42e0b6a 100644
--- a/app-proto/src/add_remove.rs
+++ b/app-proto/src/add_remove.rs
@@ -133,19 +133,22 @@ fn load_low_curv_assemb(assembly: &Assembly) {
     );
 }
 
+/* DEBUG */
+// load an example assembly for testing. this code will be removed once we've
+// built a more formal test assembly system
 fn load_pointed_assemb(assembly: &Assembly) {
     let _ = assembly.try_insert_element(
         Point::new(
-            format!("point_front"),
-            format!("Front point"),
+            "point_front".to_string(),
+            "Front point".to_string(),
             [0.75_f32, 0.75_f32, 0.75_f32],
             engine::point(0.0, 0.0, FRAC_1_SQRT_2)
         )
     );
     let _ = assembly.try_insert_element(
         Point::new(
-            format!("point_back"),
-            format!("Back point"),
+            "point_back".to_string(),
+            "Back point".to_string(),
             [0.75_f32, 0.75_f32, 0.75_f32],
             engine::point(0.0, 0.0, -FRAC_1_SQRT_2)
         )