diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 31878dcc..9c1a5540 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+         # JAGS not working for these on GitHub
+          # - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          # - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 20f93805..ef5ea247 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ importFrom(stats,time)
 importFrom(stats,var)
 importFrom(stats,weighted.mean)
 importFrom(terra,plot)
+importFrom(utils,hasName)
 importFrom(utils,packageVersion)
 importFrom(utils,read.csv)
 importFrom(utils,write.csv)
diff --git a/man/getScenarioDefaults.Rd b/man/getScenarioDefaults.Rd
index fc6200e8..5de8f250 100644
--- a/man/getScenarioDefaults.Rd
+++ b/man/getScenarioDefaults.Rd
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ getScenarioDefaults(
   cowCount = NA,
   collarCount = NA,
   startYear = NA,
-  interannualVar = formals(caribouPopGrowth)$interannualVar,
+  interannualVar = list(eval(formals(caribouPopGrowth)$interannualVar)),
   curYear = 2023
 )
 }
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ missing assumed to be every year}
 \item{cowCount}{Optional. Only used in \code{runScnSet()} to set the number of cows per
 year in recruitment survey}
 
-\item{collarCount}{number >= 1. The target number of collars active each year. Set to NA to use \code{freqStartsPerYear} in \verb{simulateObservations(}}
+\item{collarCount}{number >= 1. The target number of collars active each year. Set to NA to use \code{freqStartsPerYear} in \code{simulateObservations()}}
 
 \item{startYear}{year. First year in observation period. Optional, if not provided
 it will be calculated from \code{curYear} and \code{obsYears}}
diff --git a/man/getSimsNational.Rd b/man/getSimsNational.Rd
index d9467cfb..e38f1d1d 100644
--- a/man/getSimsNational.Rd
+++ b/man/getSimsNational.Rd
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ getSimsNational(
   adjustR = TRUE,
   cPars = getScenarioDefaults(),
   forceUpdate = F,
-  interannualVar = formals(caribouPopGrowth)$interannualVar
+  interannualVar = eval(formals(caribouPopGrowth)$interannualVar)
 )
 }
 \arguments{