diff --git a/data/maker/__init__.py b/data/maker/__init__.py
index e252de5..378c226 100644
--- a/data/maker/__init__.py
+++ b/data/maker/__init__.py
@@ -27,22 +27,25 @@ class ContinuousToDiscrete :
         values = np.array(X).astype(np.float32)
         BOUNDS = ContinuousToDiscrete.bounds(values,n)
         # _map = [{"index":BOUNDS.index(i),"ubound":i} for i in BOUNDS]
-        _matrix = []
-        m = []
-        for value in X :
-            x_ = np.zeros(n)
+        # _matrix = []
+        # m = []
+        # for value in X :
+        #     x_ = np.zeros(n)
             
-            for row in BOUNDS :
+        #     for row in BOUNDS :
             
-                if value>= row.left and value <= row.right :
-                    index = BOUNDS.index(row)
-                    x_[index]  = 1
-                    break
-            _matrix += x_.tolist()
-        #
-        # for items in BOUNDS :
-        #   index = BOUNDS.index(items)
-        return np.array(_matrix).reshape(len(X),n)
+        #         if value>= row.left and value <= row.right :
+        #             index = BOUNDS.index(row)
+        #             x_[index]  = 1
+        #             break
+        #     _matrix += x_.tolist()
+        # #
+        # # for items in BOUNDS :
+        # #   index = BOUNDS.index(items)
+        
+        # return np.array(_matrix).reshape(len(X),n)
+        matrix = np.repeat(np.zeros(n),len(X)).reshape(len(X),n)
+
     
     @staticmethod
     def bounds(x,n):
@@ -65,9 +68,15 @@ class ContinuousToDiscrete :
         # _BINARY= ContinuousToDiscrete.binary(X,BIN_SIZE)
         # # # print (BOUNDS)
         l = {}
-        for value in X :
-            values += [ np.round(np.random.uniform(item.left,item.right),ContinuousToDiscrete.ROUND_UP) for item in BOUNDS if  value >= item.left and value <= item.right ]
+        for i in np.arange(len(X)): #value in X :
+            
+            value = X[i]
             
+            for item in BOUNDS :
+                if value >= item.left and value <= item.right :
+                    values += [np.round(np.random.uniform(item.left,item.right),ContinuousToDiscrete.ROUND_UP)]
+                    break
+            # values += [ np.round(np.random.uniform(item.left,item.right),ContinuousToDiscrete.ROUND_UP) for item in BOUNDS if  value >= item.left and value <= item.right ]
             
     
         # # values = []
@@ -223,11 +232,10 @@ def generate(**args):
                 i = np.where (i == False)[0]                
             else:
                 i = np.where( r[col] != None)[0]            
-            _approx = ContinuousToDiscrete.continuous(r[col][i],BIN_SIZE)                        
+            _approx = ContinuousToDiscrete.continuous(r[col][i],BIN_SIZE)  #-- approximating based on arbitrary bins                                
             r[col][i] = _approx
             
-        _df[col]    = r[col] #ContinuousToDiscrete.continuous(r[col],BIN_SIZE) if col in CONTINUOUS else r[col]
-        # _df[col]    = r[col]
+        _df[col]    = r[col]
         #
         # @TODO: log basic stats about the synthetic attribute
         #
diff --git a/pipeline.py b/pipeline.py
index 066a418..5af9550 100644
--- a/pipeline.py
+++ b/pipeline.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Components :
 		logger = factory.instance(type='mongo.MongoWriter',args={'dbname':'aou','doc':args['context']})
 		logger.write({"module":"bigquery","action":"read","input":{"sql":SQL}})
 		credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file('/home/steve/dev/aou/accounts/curation-prod.json')
-		df = pd.read_gbq(SQL,credentials=credentials,dialect='standard').astype(object)
+		df = pd.read_gbq(SQL,credentials=credentials,dialect='standard')
 		return df
 		
 		# return lambda: pd.read_gbq(SQL,credentials=credentials,dialect='standard')[args['columns']].dropna()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c441e36..1c8aef0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 
 def read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read() 
-args = {"name":"data-maker","version":"1.2.5","author":"Vanderbilt University Medical Center","author_email":"steve.l.nyemba@vanderbilt.edu","license":"MIT",
+args = {"name":"data-maker","version":"1.2.6","author":"Vanderbilt University Medical Center","author_email":"steve.l.nyemba@vanderbilt.edu","license":"MIT",
         "packages":find_packages(),"keywords":["healthcare","data","transport","protocol"]}
 args["install_requires"] = ['data-transport@git+https://dev.the-phi.com/git/steve/data-transport.git','tensorflow==1.15','pandas','pandas-gbq','pymongo']
 args['url'] = 'https://hiplab.mc.vanderbilt.edu/git/aou/data-maker.git'