diff --git a/R/point-estimation.R b/R/point-estimation.R
index 282a10a..cffdcab 100644
--- a/R/point-estimation.R
+++ b/R/point-estimation.R
@@ -6,28 +6,12 @@ compute_point_estimate <- function(pf,
   nparams <- pf$nparams
 
   if (!is.null(guess)) {
-    #if (ncores == 1) {
-      # opt <- stats::optim(
-      #   par = guess,
-      #   fn = pf$get_value,
-      #   method = "L-BFGS-B",
-      #   control = list(fnscale = -1)
-      # )
-    #} else {
-      # parallel_opts <- list(
-      #   cl = parallel::makeCluster(ncores),
-      #   forward = FALSE,
-      #   loginfo = FALSE
-      # )
-
-      opt <- optimParallel::optimParallel(
-        par = guess,
-        fn = pf$get_value,
-        control = list(fnscale = -1)#,
-        #parallel = parallel_opts #here, will use default cluster
-      )
-      #parallel::stopCluster(parallel_opts$cl)
-    #}
+    # uses user default cluster
+    opt <- optimParallel::optimParallel(
+      par = guess,
+      fn = pf$get_value,
+      control = list(fnscale = -1)
+    )
     x0 <- opt$par
     fval <- opt$value
   } else {
@@ -37,36 +21,26 @@ compute_point_estimate <- function(pf,
     if (length(upper_bound) != nparams)
       abort("The number of provided upper bounds does not match the number of parameters.")
 
-    # if (nparams == 1 && ncores == 1) {
-    #   opt <- stats::optimise(
-    #     f = pf$get_value,
-    #     interval = c(lower_bound, upper_bound),
-    #     maximum = TRUE
-    #   )
-    #   x0 <- opt$maximum
-    #   fval <- opt$objective
-    # } else {
-      opt <- rgenoud::genoud(
-        fn = pf$get_value,
-        nvars = nparams,
-        Domains = cbind(lower_bound, upper_bound),
-        max = TRUE,
-        pop.size = 20 * nparams,
-        max.generations = 10 * nparams,
-        wait.generations = 2 * nparams + 1,
-        BFGSburnin = 2 * nparams + 1,
-        print.level = 0,
-        cluster = parallel::getDefaultCluster(),
-        balance = nparams > 2
-      )
-      opt <- compute_point_estimate(
-        pf = pf,
-        guess = opt$par,
-        verbose = FALSE
-      )
-      x0 <- opt$par
-      fval <- opt$value
-    #}
+    opt <- rgenoud::genoud(
+      fn = pf$get_value,
+      nvars = nparams,
+      Domains = cbind(lower_bound, upper_bound),
+      max = TRUE,
+      pop.size = 20 * nparams,
+      max.generations = 10 * nparams,
+      wait.generations = 2 * nparams + 1,
+      BFGSburnin = 2 * nparams + 1,
+      print.level = 0,
+      cluster = parallel::getDefaultCluster(),
+      balance = nparams > 2
+    )
+    opt <- compute_point_estimate(
+      pf = pf,
+      guess = opt$par,
+      verbose = FALSE
+    )
+    x0 <- opt$par
+    fval <- opt$value
   }
 
   if (verbose) {