diff --git a/src/Mesh.cpp b/src/Mesh.cpp
index b4f0c7efab..8d8227f23d 100644
--- a/src/Mesh.cpp
+++ b/src/Mesh.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ void Mesh::scientificDefaults_impl(
                     return auxiliary::createDefaultVector(dimensionality, 1.);
                 },
                 &Mesh::setGridUnitSIPerDimension)
-            .withReader(int_types, require_type<std::vector<double>>())(wor);
+            .withReader(numerical_types, require_type<std::vector<double>>())(
+                wor);
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/src/backend/scientific_defaults/ConfigAttribute.cpp b/src/backend/scientific_defaults/ConfigAttribute.cpp
index af8643802d..f530106217 100644
--- a/src/backend/scientific_defaults/ConfigAttribute.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/scientific_defaults/ConfigAttribute.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void ConfigAttribute::read()
                 write_to_stderr(attribute) << "'. Expected one of ";
                 auxiliary::write_vec_to_stream(
                     std::cerr, type_unmatched.expectedDatatypes)
-                    << " or convertible to such a type." << std::endl;
+                    << "." << std::endl;
             },
             [&](error::ReadError const &err) {
                 std::cerr << "Unexpected error while trying to read "