diff --git a/src/constants.jl b/src/constants.jl
index 23ad5c3..8ddf72b 100644
--- a/src/constants.jl
+++ b/src/constants.jl
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct Constants{T<:AbstractFloat,Tprog<:AbstractFloat}
     scale::T                # multiplicative constant for low-precision arithmetics
     scale_inv::T            # and its inverse
     scale_sst::T            # scale for sst
-    scale_sst_inv::T        # and its inverse
 end
 
 """Generator function for the mutable struct Constants."""
@@ -118,12 +117,10 @@ function Constants{T,Tprog}(P::Parameter,G::Grid) where {T<:AbstractFloat,Tprog<
     scale = convert(T,P.scale)
     scale_inv = convert(T,1/P.scale)
     scale_sst = convert(T,P.scale_sst)
-    scale_sst_inv = convert(T,1/P.scale_sst)
 
     return Constants{T,Tprog}(  RKaΔt,RKbΔt,Δt_Δs,Δt_Δ,Δt_Δ_half,
                                 SSPRK3c,one_minus_α,
                                 g,cD,rD,γ,cSmag,νB,τSST,jSST,
                                 ωFη,ωFx,ωFy,
-                                scale,scale_inv,
-                                scale_sst,scale_sst_inv)
+                                scale,scale_inv,scale_sst)
 end
diff --git a/src/ghost_points.jl b/src/ghost_points.jl
index 379abca..162b584 100644
--- a/src/ghost_points.jl
+++ b/src/ghost_points.jl
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ function remove_halo(   u::Array{T,2},
                         S::ModelSetup) where {T<:AbstractFloat}
 
     @unpack halo,haloη,halosstx,halossty = S.grid
-    @unpack scale_inv,scale_sst_inv = S.constants
+    @unpack scale_inv,scale_sst = S.constants
 
     # undo scaling as well
-    ucut = scale_inv*u[halo+1:end-halo,halo+1:end-halo]
-    vcut = scale_inv*v[halo+1:end-halo,halo+1:end-halo]
-    ηcut = η[haloη+1:end-haloη,haloη+1:end-haloη]
-    sstcut = scale_sst_inv*sst[halosstx+1:end-halosstx,halossty+1:end-halossty]
+    @views ucut = scale_inv*u[halo+1:end-halo,halo+1:end-halo]
+    @views vcut = scale_inv*v[halo+1:end-halo,halo+1:end-halo]
+    @views ηcut = η[haloη+1:end-haloη,haloη+1:end-haloη]
+    @views sstcut = sst[halosstx+1:end-halosstx,halossty+1:end-halossty]/scale_sst
 
     return ucut,vcut,ηcut,sstcut
 end
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index 07100c2..3d271a4 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function output_nc!(i::Int,
 
         @unpack halo,haloη,halosstx,halossty = S.grid
         @unpack f_q,ep,dtint = S.grid
-        @unpack scale,scale_inv,scale_sst_inv = S.constants
+        @unpack scale,scale_inv,scale_sst = S.constants
 
         # CUT OFF HALOS
         # As output is before copyto!(u,u0), take u0,v0,η0
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function output_nc!(i::Int,
             NetCDF.putvar(ncs.η,"eta",η,start=[1,1,iout],count=[-1,-1,1])
         end
         if ncs.sst != nothing
-            @views sst = Float32.(scale_sst_inv*Prog.sst[halosstx+1:end-halosstx,halossty+1:end-halossty])
+            @views sst = Float32.(Prog.sst[halosstx+1:end-halosstx,halossty+1:end-halossty]/scale_sst)
             NetCDF.putvar(ncs.sst,"sst",sst,start=[1,1,iout],count=[-1,-1,1])
         end
         if ncs.q != nothing