diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index 23eefd69..6efc9863 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '38709675'
+ValidationKey: '38731616'
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
 - 'Warning: namespace ''.*'' is not available and has been replaced'
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 996aff9c..90b06dde 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package'
-version: 0.193.5
-date-released: '2024-10-09'
+version: 0.193.6
+date-released: '2024-10-10'
 abstract: The mrremind packages contains data preprocessing for the REMIND model.
 authors:
 - family-names: Baumstark
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4fe13022..90b5a484 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: mrremind
 Title: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package
-Version: 0.193.5
-Date: 2024-10-09
+Version: 0.193.6
+Date: 2024-10-10
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Lavinia", "Baumstark", , "lavinia@pik-potsdam.de", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Renato", "Rodrigues", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/R/EDGE-Industry.R b/R/EDGE-Industry.R
index 8ec3f9c5..bfb17cf7 100644
--- a/R/EDGE-Industry.R
+++ b/R/EDGE-Industry.R
@@ -213,11 +213,13 @@ calcSteel_Projections <- function(subtype = 'production',
   ## historic per-capita GDP ----
   GDPpC_history <- readSource(type = 'James', subtype = 'IHME_USD05_PPP_pc',
                               convert = FALSE) %>%
-    as.data.frame() %>%
     as_tibble() %>%
-    select(iso3c = .data$Region, year = .data$Year, GDPpC = .data$Value) %>%
-    character.data.frame() %>%
-    mutate(year = as.integer(.data$year))
+    select('iso3c' = 'ISO3', 'year' = 'Year', 'value') %>%
+    convertGDP(unit_in = 'constant 2005 US$MER',
+               unit_out = mrdrivers::toolGetUnitDollar(),
+               replace_NAs = 'with_USA') %>%
+    rename(GDPpC = 'value') %>%
+    character.data.frame()
 
   ## historic population ----
   population_history <- calcOutput(type = 'PopulationPast',
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51735ddf..8d2adf18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MadRat REMIND Input Data Package
 
-R package **mrremind**, version **0.193.5**
+R package **mrremind**, version **0.193.6**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/mrremind)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=mrremind)  [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrremind/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrremind) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/mrremind)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/builds)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Lavinia Baumstark <lavinia@pik-po
 
 To cite package **mrremind** in publications use:
 
-Baumstark L, Rodrigues R, Levesque A, Oeser J, Bertram C, Mouratiadou I, Malik A, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Rottoli M, Mishra A, Dirnaichner A, Pehl M, Giannousakis A, Klein D, Strefler J, Feldhaus L, Brecha R, Rauner S, Dietrich J, Bi S, Benke F, Weigmann P, Richters O, Hasse R, Fuchs S, Mandaroux R, Koch J (2024). _mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package_. R package version 0.193.5, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind>.
+Baumstark L, Rodrigues R, Levesque A, Oeser J, Bertram C, Mouratiadou I, Malik A, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Rottoli M, Mishra A, Dirnaichner A, Pehl M, Giannousakis A, Klein D, Strefler J, Feldhaus L, Brecha R, Rauner S, Dietrich J, Bi S, Benke F, Weigmann P, Richters O, Hasse R, Fuchs S, Mandaroux R, Koch J (2024). _mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package_. R package version 0.193.6, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package},
   author = {Lavinia Baumstark and Renato Rodrigues and Antoine Levesque and Julian Oeser and Christoph Bertram and Ioanna Mouratiadou and Aman Malik and Felix Schreyer and Bjoern Soergel and Marianna Rottoli and Abhijeet Mishra and Alois Dirnaichner and Michaja Pehl and Anastasis Giannousakis and David Klein and Jessica Strefler and Lukas Feldhaus and Regina Brecha and Sebastian Rauner and Jan Philipp Dietrich and Stephen Bi and Falk Benke and Pascal Weigmann and Oliver Richters and Robin Hasse and Sophie Fuchs and Rahel Mandaroux and Johannes Koch},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 0.193.5},
+  note = {R package version 0.193.6},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind},
 }
 ```