diff --git a/R/intSiteRetriever.R b/R/intSiteRetriever.R
index 72053bc..b232ef9 100644
--- a/R/intSiteRetriever.R
+++ b/R/intSiteRetriever.R
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ getMRCs <- function(sample_ref, conn, numberOfMRCs=3) {
     ref_genome <- sites.metadata$refGenome[1] # all the same
   
     mrcs <- get_N_MRCs(sites_meta, get_reference_genome(ref_genome), numberOfMRCs)
-
-    #keep output consistant across functions
-    mrcs$siteID <- as.numeric(mrcs$siteID)
-    mrcs$position <- as.numeric(mrcs$position)
-    mrcs$strand <- as.character(mrcs$strand)
-    mrcs$chr <- as.character(mrcs$chr)
   
     merge(mrcs, sites.metadata[c("siteID", "sampleName", "refGenome")])
 }
diff --git a/R/random_site.R b/R/random_site.R
index 0b31751..5058af4 100644
--- a/R/random_site.R
+++ b/R/random_site.R
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ get_random_positions <- function(siteIDs, reference_genome, gender,
     data_frame(
         "siteID" = rep(x,number_of_positions),
         "chr" = as.character(cuts),
-         "strand"=as.character(cut(sign(rands), breaks=c(-1,0,1), labels=c("-", "+"), include.lowest=T)),
-         "position"=abs(rands) - cs[match(cuts, names(chr_len))])
+        "strand" = as.character(cut(sign(rands), breaks=c(-1,0,1), labels=c("-", "+"), include.lowest=T)),
+        "position" = abs(rands) - cs[match(cuts, names(chr_len))])
   })
 
   .Random.seed <- seed #resetting the seed