diff --git a/netstruct.py b/netstruct.py
index 5bb8e35..7c75fe1 100755
--- a/netstruct.py
+++ b/netstruct.py
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ def FindCommunities(fname,threshold=0.0,algorithm_num=6):
     6 : leading.eigenvector.community  -> returns VertexClustering object.
     """
     area,ind,GDmatrix=loadGDmatrix(fname)
-    matx=stats.threshold(GDmatrix, threshmin=threshold,newval=0) # Creates an adjacency matrix with a threshold applied to GDmatrix (i.e. all values below the threshold are taken to be 0)
+    # matx=stats.threshold(GDmatrix, threshmin=threshold,newval=0) # Creates an adjacency matrix with a threshold applied to GDmatrix (i.e. all values below the threshold are taken to be 0)
+    matx = GDmatrix
+    matx[matx<threshold] = 0
+
     graph = igraph.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(matx.tolist(),attr="weight",mode="UPPER")#Creates an undirected weighted igraph graph object with the adjacency matrix
     graph["name"] = "NetStruck Weighted Graph with threshold={0}".format(threshold)
     graph.vs["area"]=area
@@ -494,4 +497,4 @@ def add_parser_arguments(parser):
     parser = ArgumentParser(prog='PROG', usage='%(prog)s [options]')
     parser = add_parser_arguments(parser)
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    main(args)
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+    main(args)