diff --git a/R/commonDiscoverDistributions.R b/R/commonDiscoverDistributions.R
index 89d7f3dd..92246c3b 100644
--- a/R/commonDiscoverDistributions.R
+++ b/R/commonDiscoverDistributions.R
@@ -17,24 +17,22 @@
 
 ### Summary stats for distributions module ----
 .simulateData <- function(jaspResults, options, as = "scale", sampleSizeName = "n"){
-  if(is.null(jaspResults[['simdata']])){
+  if (is.null(jaspResults[["sampleColumn"]])) {
     args <- c(options[['pars']], sampleSize = options[['sampleSize']])
     names(args)[names(args) == "sampleSize"] <- sampleSizeName
 
     sample <- do.call(options[['rFun']], args)
-    jaspResults[['simdata']] <- createJaspState(sample)
-    jaspResults[['simdata']]$dependOn(c("newVariableName", "simulateNow"))
 
-    if(options[["newVariableName"]] != "")
+    if (options[["newVariableName"]] != "")
     {
-      jaspResults[['sampleColumn']] <- createJaspColumn(options[["newVariableName"]])
-      
+      jaspResults[['sampleColumn']] <- createJaspColumn(options[["newVariableName"]], dependencies = c("newVariableName", "simulateNow"))
+
       didItWork <- switch(as,
       scale=  jaspResults[['sampleColumn']]$setScale(  sample),
       ordinal=jaspResults[['sampleColumn']]$setOrdinal(sample),
               jaspResults[['sampleColumn']]$setNominal(sample))
 
-      if(!didItWork) 
+      if(!didItWork)
         jaspResults[['sampleColumnError']] <- createJaspHtml(text=gettextf("Could not write to column '%s', probably because it wasn't created by this analysis", options[["newVariableName"]]), elementType="errorMsg", dependencies="newVariableName")
     }
   }