diff --git a/src/emlink.jl b/src/emlink.jl
index b6c75ee..05dc19d 100644
--- a/src/emlink.jl
+++ b/src/emlink.jl
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function emlinkMARmov(patterns::MatchPatterns, dims::Tuple{Int,Int},varnames::Ve
                                          end
                                          for j in 1:length(uvals_gamma_jk[i])]),rev=true)
         end
-        delta = maximum(BigFloat.(abs.(recursive_flatten([p_m,p_u,p_gamma_km,p_gamma_ku]) - p_old)))
+        delta = maximum(BigFloat.(recursive_flatten([p_m,p_u,p_gamma_km,p_gamma_ku]) - p_old))
         
         count += 1
         if count > iter_max
@@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ function emlinkMARmov(gamma_jk::Vector{Vector{UInt8}},n_j::Vector{Int64}, dims::
             p_gamma_kjm[i,:] = [ismissing(j) ? missing : p_gamma_km[i][findfirst(uvals_gamma_jk[i] .== j)] for j in vals_gamma_jk[i]]
             p_gamma_kju[i,:] = [ismissing(j) ? missing : p_gamma_ku[i][findfirst(uvals_gamma_jk[i] .== j)] for j in vals_gamma_jk[i]]
         end
-        p_gamma_jm = sum.(skipmissing.(eachcol(log.(p_gamma_kjm))))
-        p_gamma_ju = sum.(skipmissing.(eachcol(log.(p_gamma_kju))))
-        log_prod_gamma_jm = p_gamma_jm .+ log(p_m)
-        log_prod_gamma_ju = p_gamma_ju .+ log(p_u)
+        p_gamma_jm = sum.(skipmissing.(eachcol(log.(abs.(p_gamma_kjm)))))
+        p_gamma_ju = sum.(skipmissing.(eachcol(log.(abs.(p_gamma_kju)))))
+        log_prod_gamma_jm = p_gamma_jm .+ log(abs(p_m))
+        log_prod_gamma_ju = p_gamma_ju .+ log(abs(p_u))
         zeta_j = exp.(log_prod_gamma_jm - logxpy(log_prod_gamma_jm,log_prod_gamma_ju))
         num_prod = exp.(log.(n_j) + log.(zeta_j))
-        p_m = exp(log(abs(sum(num_prod) + mu - 1)) - log(abs(psi - mu + sum(n_j))))
+        p_m = exp(log(sum(num_prod) + mu - 1) - log(psi - mu + sum(n_j)))
         p_u = 1-p_m
 
         for i in 1:nfeatures