diff --git a/R/db.R b/R/db.R
index 637ebd9..6009d14 100644
--- a/R/db.R
+++ b/R/db.R
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ nvals <- function(x){
 #' simpleCap(my_string)
 simpleCap <- function(x) {
   stopifnot(class(x) == "character")
-  s <- strsplit(x, " ")[[1]]
-  paste(toupper(substring(s, 1,1)), substring(s, 2),
-        sep = "", collapse = " ")
+  sapply(x, function(word) {
+    s <- strsplit(word, " ")[[1]]
+    paste(toupper(substring(s, 1, 1)), substring(s, 2),
+          sep = "", collapse = " ")
+  })
 }
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index b1a0ca3..89c2bab 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ safe_max <- function(x) {
 #' pretty_per(0.2, ndigit = 1)
 #' pretty_per(c(0.2, 0.332423, 0.4, 0.342342), ndigit = 2)
 pretty_per <- function(x, ndigit = 1) {
-  if (any(x >= 100) & !all(is.na(x))) {
+  if (any(x >= 100) && !all(is.na(x))) {
     message("Values over 100 found, did you mean to use proportions?")
   }
   x <- format(round(x, digits = ndigit + 2) * 100, nsmall = ndigit)
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ get_stabbr <- function(fips) {
   fips_codes <- fips_codes[!duplicated(fips_codes),]
   if (length(fips) != 1) {
     out <- rep(NA, length(fips))
-    for (i in length(fips)) {
+    for (i in seq_along(fips)) {
       out[i] <- fips_codes[fips_codes$state_code == fips, 1]
 
     }
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ random_round <- function(x) {
   add = rep(as.integer(0),length(r))
   add[r>test] <- as.integer(1)
   value = v + add
-  ifelse(is.na(value) | value<0, 0, value)
+  value <- ifelse(is.na(value) | value < 0, 0, value)
   return(value)
 }