diff --git a/data/factorsSPGMI.rda b/data/factorsSPGMI.rda
index ba047f0a..4b68482b 100644
--- a/data/factorsSPGMI.rda
+++ b/data/factorsSPGMI.rda
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:4302e12c2522bcb8d4dd122aae20432848839554822a9882e39dd8f5b20bb9ff
-size 3993824
+oid sha256:a11f9b2ac11b96e993d521c331c73a85f1f1b7e173ce25eb8d8890575fee2f40
+size 3993060
diff --git a/data/stocksCRSP.rda b/data/stocksCRSP.rda
index 0f4d91be..b1e91083 100644
--- a/data/stocksCRSP.rda
+++ b/data/stocksCRSP.rda
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:6ea6c0834eea68f480946591e96099e22f89ae7776ea6471a558f6084a01d154
-size 946632
+oid sha256:1a37dd7ffac9820ceed6601135e776edcf98e0c77e08fc8214bed5391b00e5b9
+size 940896
diff --git a/sandbox/Vestcor Data Cleaning/spinnj_issue86.R b/sandbox/Vestcor Data Cleaning/spinnj_issue86.R
index d86e21e9..708ce1a9 100644
--- a/sandbox/Vestcor Data Cleaning/spinnj_issue86.R	
+++ b/sandbox/Vestcor Data Cleaning/spinnj_issue86.R	
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ stocksCRSP_tmp$Sector <- sector_table$GoodSectors[match(stocksCRSP_tmp$Sector,se
 unique(factorsSPGMI_tmp$Sector) # contains 11 sectors with no dupes
 unique(stocksCRSP_tmp$Sector) # contains 11 sectors with no dupes
 
-# save data (not yet run)
-#factorsSPGMI <- factorsSPGMI_tmp
-#stocksCRSP <- stocksCRSP_tmp
-#save(factorsSPGMI,file="./data/factorsSPGMI.rda")
-#save(stocksCRSP,file="./data/stocksCRSP.rda")
+# save data
+factorsSPGMI <- factorsSPGMI_tmp
+stocksCRSP <- stocksCRSP_tmp
+# added compression args, using xz algorithm of the highest level
+save(factorsSPGMI, file="./data/factorsSPGMI.rda", compress = "xz", compression_level = 9)
+save(stocksCRSP, file="./data/stocksCRSP.rda", compress = "xz", compression_level = 9)