diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/snmp_client.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/snmp_client.py
index 1aa527e91558f8ba21e872b21f16fbd094439551..01286464536846b08f2fea4754e7010ee6e2f333 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/snmp_client.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/snmp_client.py
@@ -52,13 +52,7 @@ class SNMP_client(CommClient):
         self.connected = True
 
 
-    def _setup_annotation(self, annotation):
-        """
-        The SNMP client uses a dict and takes the following keys:
-            mib: the mib name
-            name: name of the value to read
-            index (optional) the index if the value thats being read from is a table.
-        """
+    def _process_annotation(self, annotation):
 
         # check if the 'mib' and 'name' keys are present
         if 'mib' in annotation and 'name' in annotation:
@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ class SNMP_client(CommClient):
         """
 
         # process the annotation
-        mib, name, idx = self._setup_annotation(annotation)
+        mib, name, idx = self._process_annotation(annotation)
 
         # get all the necessary data to set up the read/write functions from the attribute_wrapper
         dim_x, dim_y, dtype = self.setup_value_conversion(attribute)
@@ -236,10 +230,9 @@ class snmp_attribute:
 
 class mib_loader:
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, mib_dir :str):
         self.mibBuilder = builder.MibBuilder()
 
-    def set_pymib_dir(self, mib_dir : str):
         abs_path = str(Path().absolute()).replace("\\", "/")
 
         if mib_dir[0] != "/":
@@ -250,6 +243,7 @@ class mib_loader:
         mib_source = builder.DirMibSource(dir_path)
         self.mibBuilder.addMibSources(mib_source)
 
+
     def load_pymib(self, mib_name):
         self.mibBuilder.loadModule(mib_name)
 
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/snmp_device.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/snmp_device.py
index 15ff0ca5e4b2e4c1b3558f217909558d15116e8d..b8d16945a94e98799fc5992c86487a14ac25b3f8 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/snmp_device.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/snmp_device.py
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ class SNMP(lofar_device):
     def init_device(self):
         super().init_device()
 
-        # create the mib_loader
-        loader = mib_loader()
+
 
         # if the string doesn't start with '/' it is a relative directory and we need to prepend the full path + '/'
         if self.SNMP_rel_mib_dir[0] != "/":
@@ -119,8 +118,8 @@ class SNMP(lofar_device):
             # if the string does start with
             mib_path = self.SNMP_rel_mib_dir
 
-        # set the directory with the compiled mib files.
-        loader.set_pymib_dir(mib_path)
+        # create the mib_loader and set the mib path
+        loader = mib_loader(mib_path)
 
         for i in self.attr_list():
             try: