diff --git a/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl b/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl
index 52ee758..f73529c 100644
--- a/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl
+++ b/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ end
 
  (l::ConstLinearLayer)(x::AbstractArray,ps,st) = (l(x), st)
 
- # NOTE: the following rrule is kept because there is a issue with SparseArray
+ # NOTE: the following rrule is kept because there is an issue with SparseArray
 function rrule(::typeof(LuxCore.apply), l::ConstLinearLayer, x::AbstractVector)
     val = l(x)
     function pb(A)
diff --git a/src/radial.jl b/src/radial.jl
index 68ca587..e20df7f 100644
--- a/src/radial.jl
+++ b/src/radial.jl
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ function simple_radial_basis(basis::ScalarPoly4MLBasis,f_cut::Function=r->1,f_tr
       end
    end
 
-
-   _norm(x) = try norm(x); catch; norm(x.rr); end
+   _norm(x) = norm(x.rr)
    return Radial_basis(Chain(trans = WrappedFunction(x -> f_trans.(_norm.(x))), evaluation = Lux.BranchLayer(poly = lux(basis), cutoff = WrappedFunction(x -> f_cut.(x))), env = WrappedFunction(x -> x[1].*x[2]), ), spec)
 
 end
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