diff --git a/lib/comparisonView.js b/lib/comparisonView.js
index 770aa7e..8183c1e 100644
--- a/lib/comparisonView.js
+++ b/lib/comparisonView.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from "./utils.js";
 
 /* DEFINTIONS */
-const DEFAULT_COMPARE = () => 1; // 1/Math.random() - 1 // Useful for testing, cause I can make the default number change.
+const DEFAULT_COMPARE = () => "x to y"; // 1/Math.random() - 1 // Useful for testing, cause I can make the default number change.
 const estimatedMergeSortSteps = conservativeNumMergeSortSteps; // pander to human biases so that users complain less.
 
 /* Misc. helpers */
diff --git a/lib/submitButton.js b/lib/submitButton.js
index 80c33f6..18eb70f 100644
--- a/lib/submitButton.js
+++ b/lib/submitButton.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function SubmitButton({
             squiggleString: inputValue,
           });
         } else {
-          alert("Your input is not a number");
+          alert("Your input is not a number or a valid distribution");
         }
       }
     }