diff --git a/src/mol-model-formats/shape/ply.ts b/src/mol-model-formats/shape/ply.ts
index 97a7f41eade0b324cc42c44bdca72bca64a4c6bf..ffb3fe12db973f2a5555a44d3e72ba0ba3df471a 100644
--- a/src/mol-model-formats/shape/ply.ts
+++ b/src/mol-model-formats/shape/ply.ts
@@ -14,36 +14,6 @@ import { MeshBuilder } from 'mol-geo/geometry/mesh/mesh-builder';
 import { Mesh } from 'mol-geo/geometry/mesh/mesh';
 import { Shape } from 'mol-model/shape';
 
-interface PlyShapeData {
-    centers: number[],
-    normals: number[],
-    faces: number[],
-    colors: Color[],
-    labels: string[],
-}
-
-function collectData_for_Shape(parsedData: PlyData): PlyShapeData {
-    // parsedData.data.PLY_File. to access So.format.Ply
-    console.log('parsedData', parsedData)
-    const { vertices, colors, faces, normals } = parsedData
-    const data: PlyShapeData = {
-        centers: vertices,
-        normals: normals,
-        faces: faces,
-        colors: [],
-        labels: [],
-    }
-
-    for (let i = 0; i<parsedData.faceCount; i++) {
-        data.colors[i] = Color.fromRgb(colors[faces[4*i+1]*3+0], colors[faces[4*i+1]*3+1], colors[faces[4*i+1]*3+2]);
-        data.labels[i] = parsedData.properties[parsedData.propertyCount * faces[4*i+1] + 10].toString();
-        // i.toString();
-        // data.transforms[i] = 0;
-    }
-    console.log('data', data);
-    return data;
-}
-
 async function getPlyMesh(ctx: RuntimeContext, centers: number[], normals: number[], faces: number[], mesh?: Mesh) {
     const builderState = MeshBuilder.createState(faces.length, faces.length, mesh)
     builderState.currentGroup = 0
@@ -64,22 +34,26 @@ async function getPlyMesh(ctx: RuntimeContext, centers: number[], normals: numbe
         // console.log(triangle_vertices)
         addTriangle(builderState, triangle_vertices, triangle_normals, triangle_indices)
     }
-    let a = MeshBuilder.getMesh(builderState);
-    console.log(a);
-    return a
+    return MeshBuilder.getMesh(builderState);
 }
 
 async function getShape(ctx: RuntimeContext, parsedData: PlyData, props: {}, shape?: Shape<Mesh>) {
-    const data = collectData_for_Shape(parsedData)
     await ctx.update('async creation of shape from  myData')
-    const { centers, normals, faces, colors, labels } = data
-    const mesh = await getPlyMesh(ctx, centers, normals, faces, shape && shape.geometry)
-    const groupCount = centers.length / 3
+    const { vertices, normals, faces, colors, properties } = parsedData
+    const mesh = await getPlyMesh(ctx, vertices, normals, faces, shape && shape.geometry)
     return shape || Shape.create(
         'test', mesh,
-        (groupId: number) => colors[groupId], // color: per group, same for instances
+        (groupId: number) => {
+            return Color.fromRgb(
+                colors[faces[4 * groupId + 1] * 3 + 0],
+                colors[faces[4 * groupId + 1] * 3 + 1],
+                colors[faces[4 * groupId + 1] * 3 + 2]
+            )
+        },
         () => 1, // size: constant
-        (groupId: number, instanceId: number) => labels[instanceId * groupCount + groupId] // label: per group and instance
+        (groupId: number) => {
+            return properties[parsedData.propertyCount * faces[4 * groupId + 1] + 10].toString()
+        }
     )
 }