diff --git a/booking.studygroups.inc b/booking.studygroups.inc
index 96f47b5..c04ffb5 100644
--- a/booking.studygroups.inc
+++ b/booking.studygroups.inc
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ function booking_studygroups_update_form($node, &$form_state, $sid) {
 					($committee_flag == 'Y' && $group->booking_is_readinggroup == 'Y') ||
 					($manually_allocated_flag == 'Y')) {
 						
-					$calculation_messages[] = t('Leader/helper/committee with id !id assigned to session !session (currently with !num people).', 
+					$calculation_messages[] = t('Leader/helper/committee/manual allocation with id !id assigned to session !session (currently with !num people).', 
 						array('!id' => $person->booking_node_id, '!session' => $person->booking_session_id, 
 						'!num' => $session_count[$person->booking_session_id]['total'])
 					);
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ function booking_studygroups_update_form($node, &$form_state, $sid) {
 					//mark this position as being used
 					$working_list[$person->booking_node_id]->booking_studygroup_role = $person->booking_studygroup_role;
 					$age = _booking_get_age_years($working_list[$person->booking_node_id]->booking_dob);
-					_booking_assign_attendee_group($person->booking_node_id, $session_id, 'male', $age, $working_list, $session_count, $calculation_messages);
+					_booking_assign_attendee_group($person->booking_node_id, $session_id, $gender, $age, $working_list, $session_count, $calculation_messages);
 							
 					//make sure the leader/helper's partner gets updated now, otherwise they could still end up in different groups
 					if ($spouse_id > 0)