diff --git a/src/hooks/useAnalogueModels.tsx b/src/hooks/useAnalogueModels.tsx
index 55f6c01b..75e3e82d 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useAnalogueModels.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useAnalogueModels.tsx
@@ -40,23 +40,32 @@ export function useAnalogueModels() {
     return data
   }
 
-  const NC = ({
+  async function uploadNCFile({
     params,
     body,
-  }: UseQueryOptions<paths[typeof NC_FILE_KEY]['post']>) =>
-    useQuery([NC_FILE_KEY, token, params.path.id], async () => {
-      const { data } = await apiClient.POST(NC_FILE_KEY, {
-        params,
-        body,
-        headers: new Headers({ Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` }),
-      })
-      return data
+  }: UseQueryOptions<paths[typeof NC_FILE_KEY]['post']>) {
+    const { data } = await apiClient.POST(NC_FILE_KEY, {
+      params,
+      body,
+      headers: new Headers({ Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` }),
     })
+    return data
+  }
+
+  // async function NC({
+  //   params,
+  //   body,
+  // }: UseQueryOptions<paths[typeof NC_FILE_KEY]['post']>) {
+  //   return useQuery(
+  //     [NC_FILE_KEY, token, params.path.id],
+  //     async () => await uploadNCFile(params, body)
+  //   )
+  // }
 
   const models = useQuery(
     [ANALOGUEMODELS_KEY, token],
     async () => await fetchModels()
   )
 
-  return { fetchModels, createModel, models, NC }
+  return { fetchModels, createModel, models, uploadNCFile }
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/Browse/Browse.tsx b/src/pages/Browse/Browse.tsx
index 1ee03e4c..ac5ce0e5 100644
--- a/src/pages/Browse/Browse.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Browse/Browse.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ enum UploadProcess {
 }
 
 export const Browse = () => {
-  const { createModel, NC } = useAnalogueModels()
+  const { createModel, uploadNCFile } = useAnalogueModels()
   const [isAddModelDialog, setAddModelDialog] = useState<boolean>(false)
   const [uploadStatus, setUploadStatus] = useState<string>()
   const testModel = {
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ export const Browse = () => {
     setAddModelDialog(!isAddModelDialog)
   }
 
-  async function uploadModel(file: File | string) {
+  async function uploadModel(file: File) {
     setUploadStatus(UploadProcess.STARTED)
     await createModel({ body: testModel })
       .then((model) => model?.data.analogueModelId)
       .then((id) => {
-        NC({
+        uploadNCFile({
           params: { path: { id: id ?? '' } },
           body: { File: file, FileType: 'NetCDF' },
         })