diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_1.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_1.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_1.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_1.wav
diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_2.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_2.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_2.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_2.wav
diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_3.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_3.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_3.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_3.wav
diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_4.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_4.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_4.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_4.wav
diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_5.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_5.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_5.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_5.wav
diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_6.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_6.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_6.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_6.wav
diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_7.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_7.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_7.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_7.wav
diff --git a/noise_test/Neighbor_9.wav b/noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_9.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_test/Neighbor_9.wav
rename to noise_test/NeighborSpeaking_9.wav
diff --git a/noise_train/AirportAnnouncement_11.wav b/noise_train/AirportAnnouncements_11.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from noise_train/AirportAnnouncement_11.wav
rename to noise_train/AirportAnnouncements_11.wav
diff --git a/noisyspeech_synthesizer.py b/noisyspeech_synthesizer.py
index 86c136e1..ceb92b91 100644
--- a/noisyspeech_synthesizer.py
+++ b/noisyspeech_synthesizer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 def main(cfg):
     snr_lower = float(cfg["snr_lower"])
     snr_upper = float(cfg["snr_upper"])
-    total_snrlevels = float(cfg["total_snrlevels"])
+    total_snrlevels = int(cfg["total_snrlevels"])
     
     clean_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'clean_train')
     if cfg["speech_dir"]!='None':
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def main(cfg):
     if cfg["noise_types_excluded"]=='None':
         noisefilenames = glob.glob(os.path.join(noise_dir, audioformat))
     else:
-        filestoexclude = cfg["noise_types_excluded"].split(',')
+        filestoexclude = [prefix.strip() for prefix in cfg["noise_types_excluded"].split(',')]
         noisefilenames = glob.glob(os.path.join(noise_dir, audioformat))
         for i in range(len(filestoexclude)):
             noisefilenames = [fn for fn in noisefilenames if not os.path.basename(fn).startswith(filestoexclude[i])]