diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1207cd..432481d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 parameter_trace
 *.Rcheck
 *.tar.gz
-README.html
\ No newline at end of file
+README.html
+_codeql_detected_source_root
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index de99aac..b4e0e45 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Authors@R: c(person("Oystein", "Sorensen",
                     email = "oystein.sorensen.1985@gmail.com",
                     role = c("aut", "cre"),
                     comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0724-3542")))
-Maintainer: Oystein Sorensen <oystein.sorensen.1985@gmail.com>
 Description: Provides nested sequential Monte Carlo algorithms for performing
     sequential inference in the Bayesian Mallows model, which is a widely used
     probability model for rank and preference data. The package implements the
diff --git a/src/distances.cpp b/src/distances.cpp
index 2ceb637..f6be6ae 100644
--- a/src/distances.cpp
+++ b/src/distances.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ unsigned int CayleyDistance::d(const uvec& r1, const uvec& r2) {
     if(tmp2(i) != r2(i)) {
       distance += 1;
       unsigned int tmp1 = tmp2(i);
-      tmp2(i) = r2(i);
       uvec inds = find(tmp2 == r2(i));
+      tmp2(i) = r2(i);
       tmp2.elem(inds).fill(tmp1);
     }
   }