diff --git a/src/MacroModelling.jl b/src/MacroModelling.jl
index 375f92b9..54a36405 100644
--- a/src/MacroModelling.jl
+++ b/src/MacroModelling.jl
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ function transform_obc(ex::Expr)
 
     eq = eval(transformed_expr)
 
-    soll = try SPyPyC.solve(eq, minmax__P)
+    soll = try SPyPyC.solve(eq, eval(:minmax__P))
     catch
     end
 
@@ -3672,8 +3672,8 @@ write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Pair{String,Float64}; verbose::Bo
 
 
 write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Tuple{Pair{Symbol,Float64},Vararg{Pair{Symbol,Float64}}}; verbose::Bool = true) = write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, Dict(parameters), verbose = verbose)
-write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Tuple{Pair{Symbol,Float64},Vararg{Pair{String,Int}}}; verbose::Bool = true) = write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, Dict(parameters), verbose = verbose)
-write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Tuple{Pair{Symbol,Int},Vararg{Pair{String,Float64}}}; verbose::Bool = true) = write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, Dict(parameters), verbose = verbose)
+# write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Tuple{Pair{Union{Symbol,String},Union{Float64,Int}},Vararg{Pair{Union{Symbol,String},Union{Float64,Int}}}}; verbose::Bool = true) = write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, Dict(parameters), verbose = verbose)
+# write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Tuple{Pair{Symbol,Int},Vararg{Pair{String,Float64}}}; verbose::Bool = true) = write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, Dict(parameters), verbose = verbose)
 write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Tuple{Pair{String,Float64},Vararg{Pair{String,Float64}}}; verbose::Bool = true) = write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, Dict([i[1] |> Meta.parse |> replace_indices => i[2] for i in parameters])
 , verbose = verbose)
 write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, parameters::Vector{Pair{Symbol, Float64}}; verbose::Bool = true) = write_parameters_input!(𝓂::ℳ, Dict(parameters), verbose = verbose)