diff --git a/R/calcBalStats.R b/R/calcBalStats.R
index e2f92740..bc870a64 100644
--- a/R/calcBalStats.R
+++ b/R/calcBalStats.R
@@ -127,8 +127,13 @@ calcBalStats <- function(home_dir = NA, data, formulas, exposure, exposure_time_
   }
 
   #split factors
-  data$"ID" = as.numeric(data$"ID")
-  data2 <- cobalt::splitfactor(data, names(data)[sapply(data, class ) == "factor"], drop.first = FALSE )
+  if(length(names(data)[sapply(data, class ) == "factor"]) > 0){
+    data$"ID" = as.numeric(data$"ID")
+    data2 <- cobalt::splitfactor(data, names(data)[sapply(data, class ) == "factor"], drop.first = FALSE )
+  }
+  else{
+    data2 <- data
+  }
 
   #creating initial data frames
   #data frame with all sampling weights for all exposures at all exposure time points for all histories
@@ -150,10 +155,14 @@ calcBalStats <- function(home_dir = NA, data, formulas, exposure, exposure_time_
     covars <- as.character(unlist(strsplit(covars, "\\+")))
     covars <- gsub(" ", "", covars)
 
-    #making factor covars separate variables
-    data_cov <- data[, covars]
-    data_cov <- cobalt::splitfactor(data_cov, names(data_cov)[sapply(data_cov, class ) == "factor"], drop.first = FALSE )
-    covars <- colnames(data_cov)
+
+    if(length(names(data)[sapply(data, class ) == "factor"]) > 0){
+
+      #making factor covars separate variables
+      data_cov <- data[, covars]
+      data_cov <- cobalt::splitfactor(data_cov, names(data_cov)[sapply(data_cov, class ) == "factor"], drop.first = FALSE )
+      covars <- colnames(data_cov)
+    }
 
 
     # GETTING BALANCE STATS FOR T=1 W/ NO EXPOSURE HISTORY (ok to standardize immediately)
diff --git a/examplePipelineRevised.Rmd b/examplePipelineRevised.Rmd
index 2db17b36..99ad5deb 100644
--- a/examplePipelineRevised.Rmd
+++ b/examplePipelineRevised.Rmd
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ library(devMSMsHelpers)
 #prior to re-installing using the code above. Sorry, this is annoying!
 
 #conducting package checks & tests from documentation --just for IS to run; comment out when testing the workflow
-# devtools::check()
+devtools::check()
 ```
 
 
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ data <- imputed_data
 #optional: extract first imputed dataset for testing
 library(mice)
 data <- mice::complete(imputed_data, 1) #just for testing purposes
+
+#testing multi-level factors
 data$"PmMrSt2" = as.factor(data$"PmMrSt2")
+data$HomeOwnd = as.factor(data$HomeOwnd)
 # library(dplyr)
 # data <- data %>%
 #   dplyr::select(-c(contains(c(":", "Childhood", "Infancy", "Toddlerhood", "pcx")))) #removing these --came from old dataset