diff --git a/data/scene/milkyway/milkyway.mod b/data/scene/milkyway/milkyway.mod
index 49c07a217c..0e84178339 100644
--- a/data/scene/milkyway/milkyway.mod
+++ b/data/scene/milkyway/milkyway.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ return {
             Type = "RenderableSphere",
             Size = 10E22,
             Segments = 40,
+            Alpha = 0.2,
             Texture = "textures/DarkUniverse_mellinger_8k.jpg",
             Orientation = "Inside/Outside"
         }
diff --git a/modules/space/rendering/renderablerings.cpp b/modules/space/rendering/renderablerings.cpp
index 5c8c584d5d..646716317c 100644
--- a/modules/space/rendering/renderablerings.cpp
+++ b/modules/space/rendering/renderablerings.cpp
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ documentation::Documentation RenderableRings::Documentation() {
                 TransparencyInfo.description,
                 Optional::Yes
             }
-        },
-        Exhaustive::Yes
+        }
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/space/rendering/simplespheregeometry.cpp b/modules/space/rendering/simplespheregeometry.cpp
index 27c2f8a393..88dff332cf 100644
--- a/modules/space/rendering/simplespheregeometry.cpp
+++ b/modules/space/rendering/simplespheregeometry.cpp
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ documentation::Documentation SimpleSphereGeometry::Documentation() {
         "SimpleSphereGeometry",
         "space_geometry_simplesphere",
         {
-            {
-                "Type",
-                new StringEqualVerifier("SimpleSphereGeometry"),
-                "",
-                Optional::No
-            },
             {
                 RadiusInfo.identifier,
                 new OrVerifier(
@@ -74,8 +68,7 @@ documentation::Documentation SimpleSphereGeometry::Documentation() {
                 SegmentsInfo.description,
                 Optional::No
             }
-        },
-        Exhaustive::Yes
+        }
     };
 }
 
@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ SimpleSphereGeometry::SimpleSphereGeometry(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary)
         _radius = dictionary.value<glm::vec3>(RadiusInfo.identifier);
     }
 
-    _segments = dictionary.value<int>(SegmentsInfo.identifier);
+    _segments = static_cast<int>(dictionary.value<double>(SegmentsInfo.identifier));
 
     // The shader need the radii values but they are not changeable runtime
     // TODO: Possibly add a scaling property @AA