diff --git a/stmtools/stm.py b/stmtools/stm.py
index 531936a..19cacae 100644
--- a/stmtools/stm.py
+++ b/stmtools/stm.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import xarray as xr
 from shapely.geometry import Point
 from shapely.strtree import STRtree
-from scipy.spatial import KDTree
 
 from stmtools.metadata import DataVarTypes, STMMetaData
 from stmtools.utils import _has_property
@@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ def enrich_from_dataset(self,
 
         # TODO: check if both ds and dataset has same coordinate system
 
-        for i, field in enumerate(fields):
+        for field in fields:
 
             # check if dataset has the fields
             if field not in dataset.data_vars.keys():
@@ -476,26 +475,26 @@ def enrich_from_dataset(self,
 
             # check STM has the filed already
             if field in ds.data_vars.keys():
-                logger.warning(
-                    f'"{field}" was found in the data variables of the STM. '
-                    f'"We will proceed with the data variable from the input dataset as "{field}_other".'
-                )
-                fields[i] = f"{field}_other"
+                raise ValueError(f'Field "{field}" already exists in the STM.')
+
+        # if dataset is a dask collection, compute it first
 
         if approch == "raster":
-            return xr.map_blocks(
-                _enrich_from_raster_block,
-                ds,
-                args=(fields, method),
-                kwargs={"dataset": dataset}, #TODD: block still not working, refactor
-            )
+            return _enrich_from_raster_block(ds, dataset, fields, method)
+            # return xr.map_blocks(
+            #     _enrich_from_raster_block,
+            #     ds,
+            #     args=(fields, method),
+            #     kwargs={"dataset": dataset}, #TODD: block still not working, refactor
+            # )
         elif approch == "point":
-            return xr.map_blocks(
-                _enrich_from_points_block,
-                ds,
-                args=(fields),
-                kwargs={"dataset": dataset},
-            )
+            return _enrich_from_points_block(ds, dataset, fields)
+            # return xr.map_blocks(
+            #     _enrich_from_points_block,
+            #     ds,
+            #     args=(fields),
+            #     kwargs={"dataset": dataset},
+            # )
 
     @property
     def num_points(self):
@@ -706,9 +705,7 @@ def _enrich_from_raster_block(ds, dataraster, fields, method):
 def _enrich_from_points_block(ds, datapoints, fields):
     """Enrich the ds (SpaceTimeMatrix) from one or more fields of a point dataset.
 
-    scipy is required. It uses cKDTree to find the nearest points in space and
-    time using Euclidean distance.
-    https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.spatial.cKDTree.html#scipy-spatial-ckdtree
+    https://docs.xarray.dev/en/latest/generated/xarray.DataArray.sel.html#xarray.DataArray.sel
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -725,30 +722,16 @@ def _enrich_from_points_block(ds, datapoints, fields):
     """
     _ds = ds.copy(deep=True)
 
-    # create tuple of spatial coordinates
-    spatial_coords = list(_ds.coords.keys())[:-1]  # assuming the last coordinate is time
-    ds_coords = np.column_stack([_ds[coord].values.flatten() for coord in spatial_coords])
-
-    spatial_coords = list(datapoints.coords.keys())[:-1]  # assuming the last coordinate is time
-    dataset_points_coords = np.column_stack([datapoints[coord].values.flatten() for coord in spatial_coords])
-
-    # Create a cKDTree object for the spatial coordinates of datapoints
-    # Find the indices of the nearest points in space in datapoints for each point in _ds
-    # it uses Euclidean distance
-    tree = KDTree(dataset_points_coords)
-    _, indices_space = tree.query(ds_coords)
-
-    # Create a cKDTree object for the temporal coordinates of datapoints
-    # Find the indices of the nearest points in time in datapoints for each point in _ds
-    datapoints_times = datapoints.time.values.reshape(-1, 1)
-    ds_times = _ds.time.values.reshape(-1, 1)
-    tree = KDTree(datapoints_times)
-    _, indices_time = tree.query(ds_times)
+    # add spatial coordinates to dims
+    datapoints_coords = list(datapoints.coords.keys())
+    datapoints = datapoints.set_index(space=datapoints_coords[:-1])  # assuming the last coordinate is time
+    datapoints = datapoints.unstack("space")  # after this, the order of coordinates changes, so we use transpose later
 
-    selections = datapoints.isel(time=indices_time, space=indices_space)
+    indexers = {coord: _ds[coord] for coord in datapoints_coords}
+    selections = datapoints.sel(indexers, method="nearest")
 
     # Assign these values to the corresponding points in _ds
     for field in fields:
-        _ds[field] = xr.DataArray(selections[field].data, dims=ds.dims, coords=ds.coords)
+        _ds[field] = xr.DataArray(selections[field].data.transpose(), dims=ds.dims, coords=ds.coords)
 
     return _ds