diff --git a/src/pystencils_reco/resampling.py b/src/pystencils_reco/resampling.py
index 86d58fab6f1f577ce73b3dd4d6f9b5ff88648405..c9660c8271b397f04f5015667f41d002cd4ff677 100644
--- a/src/pystencils_reco/resampling.py
+++ b/src/pystencils_reco/resampling.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def generic_spatial_matrix_transform(input_field,
         self._autodiff = pystencils.autodiff.AutoDiffOp(
             assignments, "", backward_assignments=backward_assignments, **kwargs)
 
-    assignments._create_autodiff = types.MethodType(create_autodiff, assignments)
+    # assignments._create_autodiff = types.MethodType(create_autodiff, assignments)
     return assignments
 
 
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ def rotation_transform(input_field,
                        rotation_angle,
                        rotation_axis=None,
                        interpolation_mode='linear'):
+    if isinstance(rotation_angle, pystencils.Field):
+        rotation_angle = rotation_angle.center
+
     if input_field.spatial_dimensions == 3:
         assert rotation_axis is not None, "You must specify a rotation_axis for 3d rotations!"
         transform_matrix = getattr(sympy, 'rot_axis%i' % (rotation_axis + 1))(rotation_angle)
@@ -124,10 +127,10 @@ def translate(input_field: pystencils.Field,
               interpolation_mode='linear',
               allow_spatial_derivatives=True):
 
-    def create_autodiff(self, constant_fields=None, **kwargs):
-        backward_assignments = translate(AdjointField(output_field), AdjointField(input_field), -translation)
-        self._autodiff = pystencils.autodiff.AutoDiffOp(
-            assignments, "", backward_assignments=backward_assignments, **kwargs)
+    # def create_autodiff(self, constant_fields=None, **kwargs):
+        # backward_assignments = translate(AdjointField(output_field), AdjointField(input_field), -translation)
+        # self._autodiff = pystencils.autodiff.AutoDiffOp(
+            # assignments, "", backward_assignments=backward_assignments, **kwargs)
 
     if isinstance(translation, pystencils.Field):
         translation = translation.center_vector
@@ -138,8 +141,8 @@ def translate(input_field: pystencils.Field,
                 input_field.physical_to_index(output_field.physical_coordinates - translation), interpolation_mode)
         })
 
-    if not allow_spatial_derivatives:
-        assignments._create_autodiff = types.MethodType(create_autodiff, assignments)
+    # if not allow_spatial_derivatives:
+    # assignments._create_autodiff = types.MethodType(create_autodiff, assignments)
     return assignments