diff --git a/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_collection/HashedRangeToLongList.java b/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_collection/HashedRangeToLongList.java
index 097cb1818..dd760e9c0 100644
--- a/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_collection/HashedRangeToLongList.java
+++ b/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_collection/HashedRangeToLongList.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class HashedRangeToLongList implements LongFunction<List<Long>> {
     private final HashRange sizeRange;
 
     public HashedRangeToLongList(int minVal, int maxVal, int minSize, int maxSize) {
-        if (minSize>=maxSize || minSize>=maxSize) {
+        if (minSize>maxSize || minVal>maxVal) {
             throw new RuntimeException("HashedRangeToLongList must have minval, maxval, minsize, maxsize, where min<max.");
         }
         this.valueRange = new HashRange(minVal,maxVal);
diff --git a/virtdata-lib-basics/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/tests/long_collections/HashedRangeToLongListTest.java b/virtdata-lib-basics/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/tests/long_collections/HashedRangeToLongListTest.java
index e4a5cdcc9..d2f22ce11 100644
--- a/virtdata-lib-basics/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/tests/long_collections/HashedRangeToLongListTest.java
+++ b/virtdata-lib-basics/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/tests/long_collections/HashedRangeToLongListTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class HashedRangeToLongListTest {
     public void longListRangeTest() {
         HashedRangeToLongList gener = new HashedRangeToLongList(3, 6, 9, 12);
         for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-            System.out.println("long list range test size: " + i);
+//            System.out.println("long list range test size: " + i);
             List<Long> list= gener.apply(i);
             assertThat(list.size()).isBetween(9,12);
             for (Long longVal : list) {