diff --git a/code/classes/SCDclass_expcode.m b/code/classes/SCDclass_expcode.m
index a88774308523bbfd4c42f6a02e917fa276b1f10c..33dd77cc170715ae6ecc3b599be763ac47f884a7 100644
--- a/code/classes/SCDclass_expcode.m
+++ b/code/classes/SCDclass_expcode.m
@@ -550,6 +550,10 @@ classdef SCDclass_expcode
           sim('tcv')
         end  
         
+        function open(obj)
+          open('tcv');
+        end
+        
         function build(obj)
            assert(~isempty(getenv('RTCCODE_LIBPATH')),'RTCCODE_LIBPATH environment variable needs to be defined to compile');
            SCDconf_setCODEconf('configurationSettingsCODEicc')