diff --git a/gtsam/slam/slam.i b/gtsam/slam/slam.i
index a0a7329dd8..602b2afe3c 100644
--- a/gtsam/slam/slam.i
+++ b/gtsam/slam/slam.i
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
 // ######
 
 #include <gtsam/slam/BetweenFactor.h>
-template <T = {Vector, gtsam::Point2, gtsam::Point3, gtsam::Rot2, gtsam::SO3,
+template <T = {double, Vector, gtsam::Point2, gtsam::Point3, gtsam::Rot2, gtsam::SO3,
                gtsam::SO4, gtsam::Rot3, gtsam::Pose2, gtsam::Pose3,
                gtsam::imuBias::ConstantBias}>
 virtual class BetweenFactor : gtsam::NoiseModelFactor {
diff --git a/python/gtsam/tests/test_DiscreteConditional.py b/python/gtsam/tests/test_DiscreteConditional.py
index f46a0e8773..241a5f0be9 100644
--- a/python/gtsam/tests/test_DiscreteConditional.py
+++ b/python/gtsam/tests/test_DiscreteConditional.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def test_marginals(self):
         pAB = prior * conditional
         self.gtsamAssertEquals(prior, pAB.marginal(B[0]))
 
-        pA = DiscreteConditional(A % "5/4")
+        pA = DiscreteConditional(A, "5/4")
         self.gtsamAssertEquals(pA, pAB.marginal(A[0]))
 
     def test_markdown(self):