diff --git a/ncempy/io/smv.py b/ncempy/io/smv.py
index 5ecccff..00a8f18 100644
--- a/ncempy/io/smv.py
+++ b/ncempy/io/smv.py
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ def smvReader(file_name, verbose=False):
     -------
         out : dict
             A dictionary containing the data and interesting metadata.
+    
+    Note
+    ----
+    The returned dictionary has an entry called `pixelSize`. This is the calibrated distance
+    in angstroms. It is not the physical size of a detector pixel. 
 
     Example
     -------
@@ -276,11 +281,10 @@ def smvReader(file_name, verbose=False):
         im1 = f1.getDataset()  # read in the dataset
 
         # Calculate the pixel size in inverse angstroms according to the geometry in the header
-        alpha = f1.header_info['PIXEL_SIZE'] / f1.header_info['DISTANCE'] # angle across 1 pixel
+        alpha = (f1.heaer_info['BIN'] * f1.header_info['PIXEL_SIZE'] / f1.header_info['DISTANCE'] # angle across 1 pixel
         dp_pixel_distance = alpha / f1.header_info['WAVELENGTH'] * 1e-10 # divide by wavelength to get distance in Angstroms
         pixelSize = (dp_pixel_distance, dp_pixel_distance)
-        f1.dataOut = {'pixelSize': pixelSize, 'pixelUnit':'A', 'filename': f1.file_name, 
+        extra_metadata = {'pixelSize': pixelSize, 'pixelUnit':'A', 'filename': f1.file_name, 
                         'BIN':f1.header_info['BIN']}
-        print('Warning: pixelSize does not take binning into account.')
-    
-    return im1  # return the data and metadata as a dictionary
+    im1.update(extra_metadata)
+    return im1
diff --git a/ncempy/test/test_io_smv.py b/ncempy/test/test_io_smv.py
index ad51050..f6e797d 100644
--- a/ncempy/test/test_io_smv.py
+++ b/ncempy/test/test_io_smv.py
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ def test_newline_windows(self, temp_file):
             assert vals[1] == ord('\r')
             assert vals[2] == ord('\n')
     
-    def test_smvReader(self, temp_file):
+    def test_smvReader(self, data_location):
         file_path = data_location / Path('biotin_smv.img')
         dd = ncempy.io.smv.smvReader(file_path)
         assert 'data' in dd
         assert dd['data'].shape[0] == 2048
+