diff --git a/scripts/lpls/run_smoker.py b/scripts/lpls/run_smoker.py
index 36deb09..cd2257b 100644
--- a/scripts/lpls/run_smoker.py
+++ b/scripts/lpls/run_smoker.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from plots_lpls import plot_corrloads
 # full smoker data
 DX = dataset.read_ftsv(open("../../data/smokers-full/Xfull.ftsv"))
 DY = dataset.read_ftsv(open("../../data/smokers-full/Yg.ftsv"))
-Y = DY.asarray()
+Y = DY.asarray().astype('d')
 # select subset genes by SAM
 rpy.r.library("siggenes")
 rpy.r.library("qvalue")
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Z, newind = rpy_go.genego_matrix(goterms, tmat, gene_ids, terms,func=mean)
 Z = Z.T
 # update X matrix (no go-terms available)
 Xr = Xr[:,newind]
-gene_ids = asarray(gene_ids)[newind]
+new_gene_ids = asarray(gene_ids)[newind]
 
 
 ######## LPLSR ########
@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ dx,Ry,rssy = correlation_loadings(Y, T, Q)
 cadz,Rz,rssz = correlation_loadings(Z.T, W, L)
 # Prediction error
 rmsep , yhat, class_error = cv_lpls(Xr, Y, Z, a_max, alpha=alpha)
+alpha_check=False
+if alpha_check:
+    Alpha = arange(0.01, 1, .1)
+    Rmsep,Yhat, CE = [],[],[]
+    for a in Alpha:
+        rmsep , yhat, ce = cv_lpls(Xr, Y, Z, a_max, alpha=alpha)
+        Rmsep.append(rmsep)
+        Yhat.append(yhat)
+        CE.append(yhat)
+    Rmsep = asarray(Rmsep)
+    Yhat = asarray(Yhat)
+    CE = asarray(CE)
+
 
 # Significance Hotellings T
 Wx, Wz, Wy, = jk_lpls(Xr, Y, Z, aopt)
@@ -119,10 +132,10 @@ bar_col = 'rgb'*5
 m = Y.shape[1]
 for a in range(m):
     bar(arange(a_max)+a*bar_w+.1, rmsep[:,a], width=bar_w, color=bar_col[a])
-ylim([rmsep.min()-.05, rmsep.max()+.05])
+ylim([rmsep.min()-.05, rmsep.max()+.05]) 
+title('RMSEP')
 
 figure(2) # Hypoid correlations
-title('RMSEP')
 plot_corrloads(Rz, pc1=0, pc2=1, s=tsqz/10.0, c='b', zorder=5, expvar=evz, ax=None)
 ax = gca()
 ylabels = DY.get_identifiers('_cat', sorted=True)