diff --git a/src/Estimators/InputSection.cpp b/src/Estimators/InputSection.cpp
index 269fd7da4c..97600c53d9 100644
--- a/src/Estimators/InputSection.cpp
+++ b/src/Estimators/InputSection.cpp
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void InputSection::setFromValue(const std::string& name, const std::any& value)
     else if (isMultiString(name))
       assignValue(name, std::any_cast<std::vector<std::string>>(value));
     else if (isMultiReal(name))
-      assignValue(name, std::any_cast<std::vector<std::string>>(value));
+      assignValue(name, std::any_cast<std::vector<Real>>(value));
     else if (isBool(name))
       assignValue(name, std::any_cast<bool>(value));
     else if (isInteger(name))
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ void InputSection::setFromValue(const std::string& name, const std::any& value)
       throw UniformCommunicateError(error.str());
     }
   }
-  catch (const std::bad_cast& exc)
+  catch (...)
   {
     std::throw_with_nested(UniformCommunicateError("std::any_cast failed in setFromValue for name:" + name));
   }
diff --git a/tests/test_automation/github-actions/ci/run_step.sh b/tests/test_automation/github-actions/ci/run_step.sh
index 2129206be2..871e43e814 100755
--- a/tests/test_automation/github-actions/ci/run_step.sh
+++ b/tests/test_automation/github-actions/ci/run_step.sh
@@ -282,15 +282,7 @@ case "$1" in
   test)
     
     # Run only deterministic tests (reasonable for CI) by default
-    case "${GH_JOBNAME}" in
-      *"macOS-GCC16"*"-Real"*)
-        TEST_LABEL="-L deterministic -E deterministic-unit_test_estimators"
-        # estimator test bus error on mac only
-      ;;
-      *)  
-        TEST_LABEL="-L deterministic"
-      ;;  
-    esac  
+    TEST_LABEL="-L deterministic"  
 
     cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../qmcpack-build