diff --git a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_geocode.py b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_geocode.py
index e620fcf9..9a02009f 100644
--- a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_geocode.py
+++ b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_geocode.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def intf_ra2ll_matrix_parallel(self, pairs=None, chunksize=None, interactive=Fal
                                   encoding=encoding,
                                   engine=self.engine,
                                   compute=False)
-        pbar = tqdm_dask(dask.persist(handler), desc='Build ra2ll Transform')
+        tqdm_dask(dask.persist(handler), desc='Build ra2ll Transform')
         # cleanup - sometimes writing NetCDF handlers are not closed immediately and block reading access
         import gc; gc.collect()
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def intf_block_inv(intf_block):
                                   encoding=encoding,
                                   engine=self.engine,
                                   compute=False)
-        pbar = tqdm_dask(dask.persist(handler), desc='Build ll2ra Transform')
+        tqdm_dask(dask.persist(handler), desc='Build ll2ra Transform')
         # cleanup - sometimes writing NetCDF handlers are not closed immediately and block reading access
         import gc; gc.collect()
 
diff --git a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_topo_ra.py b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_topo_ra.py
index eee8fdf8..b423bf5e 100644
--- a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_topo_ra.py
+++ b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/SBAS_topo_ra.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def topo_ra_parallel(self, coarsen=4, interactive=False, **kwargs):
         for subswath in subswaths:
             delayed = self.topo_ra(subswath=subswath, interactive=interactive, **kwargs)
             if not interactive:
-                pbar = tqdm_dask(dask.persist(delayed), desc=f'Radar Topography Computing sw{subswath}')
+                tqdm_dask(dask.persist(delayed), desc=f'Radar Topography Computing sw{subswath}')
             else:
                 delayeds.append(delayed)