diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 25c1c0a..1fd02e9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
   'optvl',
   'c',
   # don't forget to change the value in pyproject.toml
-  version: '2.2.1',
+  version: '2.2.2',
   license: 'GPL-3.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.64.0',
   default_options: [
diff --git a/optvl/optvl_class.py b/optvl/optvl_class.py
index 8e94b5e..109b89b 100644
--- a/optvl/optvl_class.py
+++ b/optvl/optvl_class.py
@@ -794,8 +794,8 @@ def check_type(key, avl_vars, given_val):
                     "albe":                   True,                   
                     "load":                   True,                   
                     "clcd":                   np.zeros(6, dtype=np.float64),
-                    "nspans":                 np.zeros(num_secs, dtype=int),
-                    "sspaces":                np.zeros(num_secs, dtype=int),
+                    "nspans":                 np.zeros(num_secs, dtype=np.int32),
+                    "sspaces":                np.zeros(num_secs, dtype=np.float64),
                     "clcdsec":                np.zeros((num_secs,6)),
                     "claf":                   np.ones(num_secs),
                 }
diff --git a/optvl/utils/check_surface_dict.py b/optvl/utils/check_surface_dict.py
index 5784619..6746941 100755
--- a/optvl/utils/check_surface_dict.py
+++ b/optvl/utils/check_surface_dict.py
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ def pre_check_input_dict(input_dict: dict):
                 # Verify at least two section
                 if input_dict["surfaces"][surface]["num_sections"] < 2:
                     raise RuntimeError("Must have at least two sections per surface!")
+
+                # if no controls are specified then fill it in with 0s
+                if "num_controls" not in input_dict["surfaces"][surface].keys():
+                    input_dict["surfaces"][surface]["num_controls"] = np.zeros(input_dict["surfaces"][surface]["num_sections"],dtype=np.int32)
+
+                 # if no dvs are specified then fill it in with 0s
+                if "num_design_vars" not in input_dict["surfaces"][surface].keys():
+                    input_dict["surfaces"][surface]["num_design_vars"] = np.zeros(input_dict["surfaces"][surface]["num_sections"],dtype=np.int32)
                 
                 #Checks to see that at most only one of the options in af_load_ops or one of the options in manual_af_override is selected
                 if len(airfoil_spec_keys & input_dict["surfaces"][surface].keys()) > 1:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1ca329..35ae704 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.19",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "2.2.1" # this automatically updates __init__.py and setup_deprecated.py
+version = "2.2.2" # this automatically updates __init__.py and setup_deprecated.py
 # don't forget to change the value in meson.build!