diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8111476..5a0b6b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Requires [mccortex](github.com/mcveanlab/mccortex).
 
 #### Construct the bloom filters
 
-	bigsi init test-bigsi --k 31 --m 1000 --h 1
+	bigsi init test-bigsi --k 31 --m 1000 --h 1 --force
 
 	bigsi bloom --db test-bigsi -c example-data/test1.ctx example-data/test1.bloom
 	bigsi bloom --db test-bigsi -c example-data/test2.ctx example-data/test2.bloom
diff --git a/bigsi/decorators.py b/bigsi/decorators.py
index a911a6c..68a6150 100644
--- a/bigsi/decorators.py
+++ b/bigsi/decorators.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def convert_kmers_to_canonical(func):
     # and it's reverse complement
     @wraps(func)
     def convert_kmers_inner(self, kmers, *args, **kwargs):
-        logger.debug("Converting kmers to canonical")
+        # logger.debug("Converting kmers to canonical")
         convert_func = choose_convert_func(kmers)
         # Are the kmers already converted
         if not kwargs.get('canonical'):
diff --git a/bigsi/storage/base.py b/bigsi/storage/base.py
index 89e77d1..f846a76 100644
--- a/bigsi/storage/base.py
+++ b/bigsi/storage/base.py
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
 
     def multiget(self, keys):
         keys = [self.convert_key(k) for k in keys]
-        vals= self.storage.multi_get(keys)
+        vals_d= self.storage.multi_get(keys)
+        vals = [vals_d[k] for k in keys]
         return vals