diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e62abf1..eff316e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Imports:
     qs2,
     R6,
     Rcpp,
-    terra (>=1.8-42)
+    terra (>= 1.8-42)
 Suggests:
     base64enc,
     butcher,
diff --git a/R/alloc_dinamica.R b/R/alloc_dinamica.R
index 66cf257..7d43e9a 100644
--- a/R/alloc_dinamica.R
+++ b/R/alloc_dinamica.R
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ alloc_dinamica_setup_inputs <- function(
   patcher_table <- alloc_params_full[, .(
     `From*` = id_lulc_anterior,
     `To*` = id_lulc_posterior,
-    Mean_Patch_Size = ifelse(is.na(mean_patch_size), 0, mean_patch_size),
+    Mean_Patch_Size = ifelse(is.na(mean_patch_size), 1, mean_patch_size),
     Patch_Size_Variance = ifelse(is.na(patch_size_variance), 0, patch_size_variance),
-    Patch_Isometry = ifelse(is.na(patch_isometry), 0, patch_isometry)
+    Patch_Isometry = ifelse(is.na(patch_isometry), 1, patch_isometry)
   )]
 
   patcher_path <- file.path(temp_dir, "patcher_table.csv")
diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test_integ_allocation.R b/inst/tinytest/test_integ_allocation.R
index 60e9fc1..1eb3129 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test_integ_allocation.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test_integ_allocation.R
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ expect_message(
   "Fitting full models for"
 )
 
+# switching run to no 1, which is the base estimate for allocation parameters
+db$id_run <- 1L
 # no data for period 4 yet
 expect_equal(nrow(db$fetch("lulc_data_t", where = "id_period = 4")), 0L)
 
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ if (Sys.which("DinamicaConsole") == "") {
     "Copying anterior.tif to posterior.tif as fallback so we can test."
   )
 } else {
-  expect_stdout(
+  expect_message(
     db$alloc_dinamica(
       id_periods = 4,
       gof_criterion = "auc",