diff --git a/js/fea/DmaBeam.js b/js/fea/DmaBeam.js
index d1d1e22b8c578dba8832e457b35144b28ce72229..befdfe32587288efd56b64663208d3fcdc9dd088 100644
--- a/js/fea/DmaBeam.js
+++ b/js/fea/DmaBeam.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DmaBeam.prototype._buildBeamMesh = function(){
     return mesh;
 };
 
-DmaBeam.prototype.updateForScale = function(scale){
+DmaBeam.prototype.updateForScale = function(scale){//todo make this better
     if (!this.mesh) this.mesh = this._buildBeamMesh();
     var position = this.nodes[0].getPosition();
     position.add(this.nodes[1].getPosition());
diff --git a/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js b/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
index 81aa04a96eab0c8f156b212da66224a6f38913d2..87a4901703ceca882a0335f3640b12d549cf78a5 100644
--- a/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ LatticeMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
         this.lattice.set("partType", partType, {silent:true});
     },
 
+    //todo get rid of this
     _setTetraCell: function(e){
         e.preventDefault();
         this.lattice.set("freeformCellType", "tetra");