diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4a9e3e209f70a44ab4e79aaeafb70813915bb35d..b3347eac04c2f00dde87c1ee8fda5e873691d320 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: airGR
 Type: Package
 Title: Suite of GR Hydrological Models for Precipitation-Runoff Modelling
-Version: 1.1.2.35
+Version: 1.1.2.36
 Date: 2019-01-29
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Laurent", "Coron", role = c("aut", "trl"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1503-6204")),
diff --git a/NEWS.rmd b/NEWS.rmd
index 254dcdaa4175a02bbf12d5c5d9e3aeac21f3d172..971c3b30fe02330da4ee99e49dafed72fec8c49f 100644
--- a/NEWS.rmd
+++ b/NEWS.rmd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ output:
 
 
 
-### 1.1.2.35 Release Notes (2019-01-29) 
+### 1.1.2.36 Release Notes (2019-01-29) 
 
 
 
diff --git a/R/CreateInputsCrit.R b/R/CreateInputsCrit.R
index d45f4a1cb08ef23143e9ffe2ba11b46a5c4a417a..2c59f6251670f296d383b0311ed927b0e708bea2 100644
--- a/R/CreateInputsCrit.R
+++ b/R/CreateInputsCrit.R
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ CreateInputsCrit <- function(FUN_CRIT,
       return(NULL)
     }
     
+    ## check 'obs'
+    if (!is.vector(iListArgs2$obs) | length(iListArgs2$obs) != LLL | !is.numeric(iListArgs2$obs)) {
+      stop(sprintf("'obs' must be a (list of) vector(s) of numeric values of length %i \n", LLL), call. = FALSE)
+      return(NULL)
+    }
+    
     ## check 'BoolCrit'
     if (is.null(iListArgs2$BoolCrit)) {
       iListArgs2$BoolCrit <- rep(TRUE, length(iListArgs2$obs))
@@ -147,12 +153,6 @@ CreateInputsCrit <- function(FUN_CRIT,
       return(NULL)
     }
     
-    ## check 'obs'
-    if (!is.vector(iListArgs2$obs) | length(iListArgs2$obs) != LLL | !is.numeric(iListArgs2$obs)) {
-      stop("'obs' must be a (list of) vector(s) of numeric values \n", call. = FALSE)
-      return(NULL)
-    }
-    
     ## check 'varObs'
     if (!is.vector(iListArgs2$varObs) | length(iListArgs2$varObs) != 1 | !is.character(iListArgs2$varObs) | !all(iListArgs2$varObs %in% inVarObs)) {
       stop(msgVarObs, call. = FALSE)