diff --git a/docs/tutorial/sha256_tutorial.ipynb b/docs/tutorial/sha256_tutorial.ipynb
index 26cce894e9..c0b84aaead 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/sha256_tutorial.ipynb
+++ b/docs/tutorial/sha256_tutorial.ipynb
@@ -539,36 +539,32 @@
         "# Number of rounds must be 64 to have correct SHA256\n",
         "# If looking to get a faster run, reduce the number of rounds (but it will not be correct)\n",
         "\n",
-        "def get_sha256(number_of_rounds=None):\n",
-        "  if number_of_rounds is None:\n",
-        "      number_of_rounds=64\n",
-        "  def sha256(data):\n",
-        "      h_chunks = fhe.zeros((len(h_in), NUM_CHUNKS))\n",
-        "      k_chunks = fhe.zeros((len(k_in), NUM_CHUNKS))\n",
-        "      h_chunks += h_in\n",
-        "      k_chunks += k_in\n",
-        "\n",
-        "      num_of_iters = data.shape[0]*32//512\n",
-        "      for chunk_iter in range(0, num_of_iters):\n",
-        "          \n",
-        "          # Initializing the variables\n",
-        "          chunk = data[chunk_iter*16:(chunk_iter+1)*16]\n",
-        "          w = [None for _ in range(number_of_rounds)]\n",
-        "          # Starting the main loop and expansion\n",
-        "          working_vars = h_chunks\n",
-        "          for j in range(0, number_of_rounds):\n",
-        "              if j<16:\n",
-        "                  w[j] = chunk[j]\n",
-        "              else:\n",
-        "                  w[j] = add_four_32_bits(w[j-16], s0(w[j-15]), w[j-7], s1(w[j-2]))\n",
-        "              w_i_k_i = add_two_32_bits(w[j], k_chunks[j])\n",
-        "              working_vars = main_loop(working_vars,w_i_k_i)\n",
-        "          \n",
-        "          # Accumulating the results\n",
-        "          for j in range(8):\n",
-        "              h_chunks[j] = add_two_32_bits(h_chunks[j], working_vars[j])\n",
-        "      return h_chunks\n",
-        "  return sha256"
+        "def sha256(data, number_of_rounds=64):\n",
+        "    h_chunks = fhe.zeros((len(h_in), NUM_CHUNKS))\n",
+        "    k_chunks = fhe.zeros((len(k_in), NUM_CHUNKS))\n",
+        "    h_chunks += h_in\n",
+        "    k_chunks += k_in\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    num_of_iters = data.shape[0]*32//512\n",
+        "    for chunk_iter in range(0, num_of_iters):\n",
+        "        \n",
+        "        # Initializing the variables\n",
+        "        chunk = data[chunk_iter*16:(chunk_iter+1)*16]\n",
+        "        w = [None for _ in range(number_of_rounds)]\n",
+        "        # Starting the main loop and expansion\n",
+        "        working_vars = h_chunks\n",
+        "        for j in range(0, number_of_rounds):\n",
+        "            if j<16:\n",
+        "                w[j] = chunk[j]\n",
+        "            else:\n",
+        "                w[j] = add_four_32_bits(w[j-16], s0(w[j-15]), w[j-7], s1(w[j-2]))\n",
+        "            w_i_k_i = add_two_32_bits(w[j], k_chunks[j])\n",
+        "            working_vars = main_loop(working_vars,w_i_k_i)\n",
+        "        \n",
+        "        # Accumulating the results\n",
+        "        for j in range(8):\n",
+        "            h_chunks[j] = add_two_32_bits(h_chunks[j], working_vars[j])\n",
+        "    return h_chunks"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -609,7 +605,7 @@
         "    b\"Curabitur bibendum, urna eu bibendum egestas, neque augue eleifend odio, et sagittis viverra. and more than 150\"\n",
         ")\n",
         "\n",
-        "result = get_sha256()(sha256_preprocess(np.frombuffer(text, dtype=np.uint8)))\n",
+        "result = sha256(sha256_preprocess(np.frombuffer(text, dtype=np.uint8)))\n",
         "\n",
         "m = hashlib.sha256()\n",
         "m.update(text)\n",
@@ -638,7 +634,7 @@
         "            for _ in range(100)\n",
         "        ]\n",
         "        # Compilation of the circuit should take a few minutes\n",
-        "        compiler = fhe.Compiler(get_sha256(self.number_of_rounds), {\"data\": \"encrypted\"})\n",
+        "        compiler = fhe.Compiler(lambda data: sha256(data, self.number_of_rounds), {\"data\": \"encrypted\"})\n",
         "        self.circuit = compiler.compile(\n",
         "            inputset=inputset,\n",
         "            configuration=fhe.Configuration(\n",
@@ -655,7 +651,7 @@
         "        return self.circuit.encrypt_run_decrypt(sha256_preprocess(data))\n",
         "\n",
         "    def getPlainSHA(self, data):\n",
-        "        return get_sha256(self.number_of_rounds)(sha256_preprocess(data))"
+        "        return sha256(sha256_preprocess(data), self.number_of_rounds)"
       ]
     },
     {