diff --git a/src/coptr/__init__.py b/src/coptr/__init__.py
index a82b376..72f26f5 100644
--- a/src/coptr/__init__.py
+++ b/src/coptr/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.1.1"
+__version__ = "1.1.2"
diff --git a/src/coptr/read_assigner.py b/src/coptr/read_assigner.py
index 3a3d58c..dd2e41a 100644
--- a/src/coptr/read_assigner.py
+++ b/src/coptr/read_assigner.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def run_vi(self, tol=1e-3):
 
         logger.debug("Iteration: %d; elbo: %.3G", it, elbo)
 
-    def assign_reads(self, verbose=False):
+    def assign_reads(self):
         """Compute read assignments.
 
         Return
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def assign_reads(self, verbose=False):
                 A 1D array. Each entry gives a genome id that is
                 the genome assignment for each read.
         """
-        self.run_vi(verbose=verbose)
+        self.run_vi()
         self.phi = csr_matrix(self.phi)
         assignments = []
         for i in range(self.nreads):