diff --git a/.gitignore/error correction b/.gitignore/error correction
index ee2a128..4d67fe9 100644
--- a/.gitignore/error correction	
+++ b/.gitignore/error correction	
@@ -155,3 +155,11 @@ def repairFrames(frames, parity):
             print('Frame', frames.index(frame), 'has been repaired')
         else:
             print('Frame', frames.index(frame), 'could not be repaired')
+
+def stripFrames(frames):
+    """returns an 8x8 payload for each frame"""
+    newFrames = []
+    for frame in frames:
+        (payload, parityColumn, parityRow) = splitFrame(frame)
+        newFrames.append(payload)
+    return newFrames