diff --git a/splinedist/infer.py b/splinedist/infer.py
index acf4b6b..065e608 100644
--- a/splinedist/infer.py
+++ b/splinedist/infer.py
@@ -121,6 +121,19 @@
 coord = details['coord']
 
 
+def center(pts):
+    c = [sum(pts[:,0])/len(pts),sum(pts[:,1])/len(pts)]
+    return np.array([[p[0]-c[0],p[1]-c[1]] for p in pts])
+
+#translate the centroids of the objects to the origin 
+for i in range(len(coord)):
+    object_coefs = coord[i]
+    object_coefs = np.transpose(object_coefs, (1,0))
+    centroid = [sum(object_coefs[:,0])/len(object_coefs),sum(object_coefs[:,1])/len(object_coefs)]
+    object_coefs_translated = np.array([[p[0]-centroid[0],p[1]-centroid[1]] for p in object_coefs])
+    return object_coefs_translated 
+
+
 
 # %%
 # def example(model, i, show_dist=True):