diff --git a/src_python/gsm_generation_scripts/seg2gsm.py b/src_python/gsm_generation_scripts/seg2gsm.py
index b775b14c..ecc4f065 100644
--- a/src_python/gsm_generation_scripts/seg2gsm.py
+++ b/src_python/gsm_generation_scripts/seg2gsm.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-segs = pd.read_csv(args.seg_file, sep='\t')
+segs = pd.read_csv(args.seg_file, sep='\t',low_memory=False) 
 # standardize seg column names 
 c = segs.columns
 segs.rename(columns={c[0]: 'Sample',c[1]:'Chromosome',c[2]:'Start',c[3]:'End',c[-1]:'Segment_Mean'}, inplace=True)