diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81bfd1d..809bd04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ __pycache__
 *.egg-info
 temp
 docsrc/build
+temp
diff --git a/mplStrater/__init__.py b/mplStrater/__init__.py
index 2d3b8c6..b85d935 100644
--- a/mplStrater/__init__.py
+++ b/mplStrater/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import rio_color.operations as rio
 from rio_color.colorspace import ColorSpace as cs
 from rio_color.colorspace import convert_arr
-from mplStrater.strata import *
+from mplStrater.strata import Column
 import matplotlib.patheffects as pe
 from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec
 
diff --git a/mplStrater/strata.py b/mplStrater/strata.py
index 3dcfc81..15cb437 100644
--- a/mplStrater/strata.py
+++ b/mplStrater/strata.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def __init__(self,d=None,colors=None,hatches=None):
         elif hatches is not None and colors is None:
             self.hatches=hatches
         else:
-            ValueError("This symbology profile is not implemented.")
+            raise ValueError("This symbology profile is not implemented.")
 
 class Legend:
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_strata.py b/tests/test_strata.py
index eb3b4c8..a18f389 100644
--- a/tests/test_strata.py
+++ b/tests/test_strata.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 from matplotlib.colors import ListedColormap
 from numpy import less_equal
-from mplStrater.strata import *
+from mplStrater.strata import Symbology,Legend,Column
 
 class TestSymbology(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@ def test_hatches(self):
 
     def test_error(self):
         #test error input
+        d={}
         hatches=["","xxxxxxxxx",""]
         colors=["green","white","blue"]
         self.assertRaises(
             ValueError,
-            Symbology(d={},colors=colors,hatches=hatches)
-            )
-
-
-
+            Symbology,
+            d,colors=colors,hatches=hatches)
 
 class TestLegend(unittest.TestCase):