diff --git a/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/mosekParamSetEFBA.m b/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/mosekParamSetEFBA.m
index 14e5049439..b0b013cfd6 100644
--- a/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/mosekParamSetEFBA.m
+++ b/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/mosekParamSetEFBA.m
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@
 %Dual feasibility tolerance used by the interior-point optimizer for conic problems.
 %Default:1.0e-8
 %Accepted: [0.0; 1.0]
-param.MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_DFEAS = 1.0e-11;
+param.MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_DFEAS = 1.0e-11; 
 
 %MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_PFEAS
 %Primal feasibility tolerance used by the interior-point optimizer for conic problems.
 %Default: 1.0e-8
 % Accepted: [0.0; 1.0]
-param.MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_PFEAS = 1.0e-11;
+param.MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_PFEAS = 1.0e-10; %was 1e-11 may be too aggressive -RF
 
 %MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_REL_GAP
 %Relative gap termination tolerance used by the interior-point optimizer for conic problems.
 %Default:1.0e-8
 %Accepted: [0.0; 1.0]
-param.MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_REL_GAP = 1.0e-11;
+param.MSK_DPAR_INTPNT_CO_TOL_REL_GAP = 1.0e-9; %was 1e-11 may be too aggressive -RF
 %useful for ensuring dual feasibility is as good as primal
 
 % MSK_IPAR_INTPNT_MAX_ITERATIONS 
diff --git a/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/solveCobraEP.m b/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/solveCobraEP.m
index 11dac20329..b3c1cb459b 100644
--- a/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/solveCobraEP.m
+++ b/src/base/solvers/entropicFBA/solveCobraEP.m
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
         Oz1 = sparse(size(A,1),quadCone1);
         
         Ox1 = sparse(p,varNotNorm);
-        Ip  = spdiag(ones(p,1));
+        Ip  = spdiags(ones(p,1));
         Opd = sparse(p,nExpCone);
         Opq = sparse(p,nQuadCone);
         Op1 = sparse(p,quadCone1);