diff --git a/src/main/java/InteractiveInterface.java b/src/main/java/InteractiveInterface.java
index f367a0a..5c1f14f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/InteractiveInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/InteractiveInterface.java
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ public class InteractiveInterface {
             System.out.print("\nPlease enter name of an existing sample plate file: ");
             plateFile = sc.next();
             System.out.println("\nEnable simulation of sequence read depth and sequence read errors? (y/n)");
-            System.out.println("NOTE: sample plate data cannot be cached when simulating read errors");
             String ans = sc.next();
             Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("(?:yes|y)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
             Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(ans);
@@ -272,8 +271,6 @@ public class InteractiveInterface {
                 simulateReadDepth = true;
             }
             if (simulateReadDepth) {
-                BiGpairSEQ.setCachePlate(false);
-                BiGpairSEQ.clearPlateInMemory();
                 System.out.print("\nPlease enter read depth (the integer number of reads per sequence): ");
                 readDepth = sc.nextInt();
                 if(readDepth < 1) {
@@ -282,11 +279,10 @@ public class InteractiveInterface {
                 System.out.print("\nPlease enter probability of a sequence read error (0.0 to 1.0): ");
                 readErrorRate = sc.nextDouble();
                 if(readErrorRate < 0.0 || readErrorRate > 1.0) {
-                    throw new InputMismatchException("The read error rate must be in the range [0.0, 1.0]");
+                    throw new InputMismatchException("The read error probability must be in the range [0.0, 1.0]");
                 }
-                System.out.println("\nPlease enter the probability of read error collision");
-                System.out.println("(the likelihood that two read errors produce the same spurious sequence)");
-                System.out.print("(0.0 to 1.0): ");
+                System.out.println("\nPlease enter the probability of read error collision (0.0 to 1.0)");
+                System.out.print("(The probability that two misreads produce the same spurious sequence): ");
                 errorCollisionRate = sc.nextDouble();
                 if(errorCollisionRate < 0.0 || errorCollisionRate > 1.0) {
                     throw new InputMismatchException("The error collision probability must be an in the range [0.0, 1.0]");