diff --git a/chunkie/chunkerinterior.m b/chunkie/chunkerinterior.m
index 4a23291..f0c29fe 100644
--- a/chunkie/chunkerinterior.m
+++ b/chunkie/chunkerinterior.m
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
     chnkr.d2(:,:,istart:iend) = fliplr(chnkr.d2(:,:,1:nch));
     chnkr.d2(1,:,istart:iend) = chnkr.d2(1,:,istart:iend);
     
-    chnkr.h(istart:iend) = chnkr.h(1:nch);
     chnkr.wts = weights(chnkr);
     chnkr.n = normals(chnkr);
     chnkr.adj(1,:) = 0:chnkr.nch-1;
diff --git a/devtools/test/chunkerinteriorTest.m b/devtools/test/chunkerinteriorTest.m
index 2538be6..281d205 100644
--- a/devtools/test/chunkerinteriorTest.m
+++ b/devtools/test/chunkerinteriorTest.m
@@ -82,5 +82,11 @@
 fprintf('%5.2e s : time for chunkerinterior (chunker, with fmm)\n',t5);
 assert(all(in5(:) == 1));
 
-
-
+% test axissym option 
+chnkr = chunkerfunc(@(t) starfish(t),struct('ta',-pi/2,'tb',pi/2,'ifclosed',0));
+nt = 1000;
+ttarg = -pi/2+pi*rand(nt,1); scal = 2*rand(1,nt);
+targs = starfish(ttarg).*scal;
+
+in = chunkerinterior(chnkr,targs,struct('axissym',true));
+assert(all(in(:) == (scal(:) <= 1)));
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