diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index 3c7ad410..0e09f165 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '288492992'
+ValidationKey: '288527421'
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
 - 'Warning: namespace ''.*'' is not available and has been replaced'
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 33d11cfc..493fd3c8 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'mrcommons: MadRat commons Input Data Library'
-version: 1.44.16
-date-released: '2024-10-16'
+version: 1.44.17
+date-released: '2024-10-17'
 abstract: Provides useful functions and a common structure to all the input data required
   to run models like MAgPIE and REMIND of model input data.
 authors:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 729c274c..7672a256 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: mrcommons
 Type: Package
 Title: MadRat commons Input Data Library
-Version: 1.44.16
-Date: 2024-10-16
+Version: 1.44.17
+Date: 2024-10-17
 Authors@R: c(person("Benjamin Leon", "Bodirsky", email = "bodirsky@pik-potsdam.de", role = "aut"),
              person("Kristine", "Karstens", role = "aut"),
              person("Lavinia", "Baumstark", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/R/calcFAOmassbalance.R b/R/calcFAOmassbalance.R
index a87e197c..48c20f64 100644
--- a/R/calcFAOmassbalance.R
+++ b/R/calcFAOmassbalance.R
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ calcFAOmassbalance <- function() {
             "oils")][, , "other_util"] <- mb3[, , c("ethanol",
                                                     "oils")][, , "other_util"] - mb3[, , c("ethanol",
                                                                                            "oils")][, , "bioenergy"]
+  #round to 1 ton to avoid calculation issues
+  mb3 <- round(mb3, 6)
 
   return(list(
               x = mb3,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6953f284..a365bef7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MadRat commons Input Data Library
 
-R package **mrcommons**, version **1.44.16**
+R package **mrcommons**, version **1.44.17**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/mrcommons)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=mrcommons) [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3822009.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3822009) [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrcommons/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrcommons/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrcommons/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrcommons) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/mrcommons)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/builds)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Jan Philipp Dietrich <dietrich@pi
 
 To cite package **mrcommons** in publications use:
 
-Bodirsky B, Karstens K, Baumstark L, Weindl I, Wang X, Mishra A, Wirth S, Stevanovic M, Steinmetz N, Kreidenweis U, Rodrigues R, Popov R, Humpenoeder F, Giannousakis A, Levesque A, Klein D, Araujo E, Beier F, Oeser J, Pehl M, Leip D, Crawford M, Molina Bacca E, von Jeetze P, Martinelli E, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Sauer P, Hötten D, Hasse R, Abrahão G, Weigmann P, Dietrich J (2024). _mrcommons: MadRat commons Input Data Library_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3822009 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3822009>, R package version 1.44.16, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrcommons>.
+Bodirsky B, Karstens K, Baumstark L, Weindl I, Wang X, Mishra A, Wirth S, Stevanovic M, Steinmetz N, Kreidenweis U, Rodrigues R, Popov R, Humpenoeder F, Giannousakis A, Levesque A, Klein D, Araujo E, Beier F, Oeser J, Pehl M, Leip D, Crawford M, Molina Bacca E, von Jeetze P, Martinelli E, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Sauer P, Hötten D, Hasse R, Abrahão G, Weigmann P, Dietrich J (2024). _mrcommons: MadRat commons Input Data Library_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3822009 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3822009>, R package version 1.44.17, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrcommons>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {mrcommons: MadRat commons Input Data Library},
   author = {Benjamin Leon Bodirsky and Kristine Karstens and Lavinia Baumstark and Isabelle Weindl and Xiaoxi Wang and Abhijeet Mishra and Stephen Wirth and Mishko Stevanovic and Nele Steinmetz and Ulrich Kreidenweis and Renato Rodrigues and Roman Popov and Florian Humpenoeder and Anastasis Giannousakis and Antoine Levesque and David Klein and Ewerton Araujo and Felicitas Beier and Julian Oeser and Michaja Pehl and Debbora Leip and Michael Crawford and Edna {Molina Bacca} and Patrick {von Jeetze} and Eleonora Martinelli and Felix Schreyer and Bjoern Soergel and Pascal Sauer and David Hötten and Robin Hasse and Gabriel Abrahão and Pascal Weigmann and Jan Philipp Dietrich},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 1.44.16},
+  note = {R package version 1.44.17},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/mrcommons},
   doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3822009},
 }