diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 5eda58d..333f450 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -492,51 +492,30 @@ var_to_terra <- function(var, dap) {
   xmax <- dap$Xn + 0.5 * resx
   ymin <- dap$Y1 - 0.5 * resy
   ymax <- dap$Yn + 0.5 * resy
-  # 
-  # dim(var) = c()
-  # 
+
+  
   if (length(dim(var)) == 2) {
     dim(var) <- c(dim(var), 1)
   }
-  # 
-  # if (dim(var)[1] != dap$nrows) {
-  #   var <- aperm(var, c(2, 1, 3))
-  # }
-  # 
-  # 
-  # var = array(as.vector(var), c(dap$nrows, dap$ncols, dap$Tdim) )
-  # 
-  # 
-  # dim(as.vector(var)) = c(dap$nrows, dap$ncols, dap$Tdim) 
-  
+
   r = rast(nrows = dap$nrows, ncols = dap$ncols,
-      crs = dap$crs,
-       nlyrs = dap$Tdim,
-       extent = c(
-         xmin = min(xmin, xmax),
-         xmax = max(xmax, xmax),
-         ymin = min(ymin, ymax),
-         ymax = max(ymin, ymax)
-       ))
-  
-  r[] = var
-  
-# r = rast(
-  #   var,
-  #   crs = dap$crs,
-  #   extent = c(
-  #     xmin = min(xmin, xmax),
-  #     xmax = max(xmax, xmax),
-  #     ymin = min(ymin, ymax),
-  #     ymax = max(ymin, ymax)
-  #   )
-  # )
-  
-  
-  if (dap$toptobottom) {
-    r <- flip(r)
+           crs = dap$crs,
+           nlyrs = dap$Tdim,
+           extent = c(
+             xmin = min(xmin, xmax),
+             xmax = max(xmax, xmax),
+             ymin = min(ymin, ymax),
+             ymax = max(ymin, ymax)
+           ))
+  
+  if(grepl("XY", dap$dim_order)){
+    terra::values(r) = var
+  } else {
+    r[] = var
   }
   
+  if (dap$toptobottom) { r <- flip(r) }
+  
   units(r) <- dap$units
   time(r) <- dates
   names(r) <- name