diff --git a/src/FACT_jobs.jl b/src/FACT_jobs.jl
index 22cf334519a41f55c3d865984a684a5a5897be0e..da921e5906b664e67ae8eb1732bcd92294347a56 100644
--- a/src/FACT_jobs.jl
+++ b/src/FACT_jobs.jl
@@ -88,8 +88,15 @@ function us_qcew(conn::MySQL.Connection, selection::Dict)
         end
         # infer Agglvl_code -- because of Agglvl_code codification:
         agglvl_code += (agg_level+2)
+        # fix id for states
+        if length(id) == 2
+            full_id = string(id, "000")
+        else
+            full_id = id
+        end
+
         # prepare query
-        query = "SELECT Naics as industry, (Jan_jobs+Feb_jobs+Mar_jobs+Apr_jobs+May_jobs+Jun_jobs+Jul_jobs+Aug_jobs+Sep_jobs+Oct_jobs+Nov_jobs+Dec_jobs)/12 as jobs FROM QCEW WHERE Year = "*string(year)*" AND GeoID = '"*id*"' AND Agglvl_code = "*string(agglvl_code)*";"
+        query = "SELECT Naics as industry, (Jan_jobs+Feb_jobs+Mar_jobs+Apr_jobs+May_jobs+Jun_jobs+Jul_jobs+Aug_jobs+Sep_jobs+Oct_jobs+Nov_jobs+Dec_jobs)/12 as jobs FROM QCEW WHERE Year = "*string(year)*" AND GeoID = '"*full_id*"' AND Agglvl_code = "*string(agglvl_code)*";"
         # execute
         result = query_connection(conn, query)
         # add geo_id col
diff --git a/src/FACT_road.jl b/src/FACT_road.jl
index d9bbf22ebe27181788624488b9ab04ea21178321..e850f9f77afd25a630fdd0aa7577ab5d680e70bf 100644
--- a/src/FACT_road.jl
+++ b/src/FACT_road.jl
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ function travel_time_in_minutes(ws_host_port::String, selection::Dict)
     # getting valuable info from dictionary
     geo_id = selection["geo_id"]
     shape_obj = selection["shape_obj"]
+
+    # filter out Hawaii
+    # Convert geo_id to integers
+    geo_id_int = parse.(Int, geo_id)
+
+    # Apply the range condition
+    condition = (geo_id_int .>= 15000) .& (geo_id_int .< 16000)
+
+    # Overwrite the original arrays with the filtered results
+    geo_id = geo_id[.!condition]
+    shape_obj = shape_obj[.!condition]
+
     # Arrays to store column data
     o_geo_ids = String[]
     d_geo_ids = String[]