diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5dca9ac6..0f92a9ba 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    :target: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00171
    :alt: Open-access paper
 
-PolyChord v 1.21.2
+PolyChord v 1.21.3
 
 Will Handley, Mike Hobson & Anthony Lasenby
 
diff --git a/pypolychord/__init__.py b/pypolychord/__init__.py
index c30f74b5..d22517d9 100644
--- a/pypolychord/__init__.py
+++ b/pypolychord/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "1.21.2"
+__version__ = "1.21.3"
 from pypolychord.settings import PolyChordSettings
 from pypolychord.polychord import run_polychord
diff --git a/pypolychord/polychord.py b/pypolychord/polychord.py
index d93e02e9..e8720137 100644
--- a/pypolychord/polychord.py
+++ b/pypolychord/polychord.py
@@ -258,16 +258,16 @@ def make_resume_file(settings, loglikelihood, prior):
         sendbuf = np.array(lives).flatten()
         sendcounts = np.array(comm.gather(len(sendbuf)))
         if rank == 0:
-            recvbuf = np.empty(sum(sendcounts), dtype=int)
+            recvbuf = np.empty(sum(sendcounts))
         else:
             recvbuf = None
         comm.Gatherv(sendbuf=sendbuf, recvbuf=(recvbuf, sendcounts), root=0)
 
-        lives = np.reshape(sendbuf, (len(settings.cube_samples), len(lives[0])))
-    else:
-        lives = np.array(lives)
-
     if rank == 0:
+        if MPI:
+            lives = np.reshape(recvbuf, (len(settings.cube_samples), len(lives[0])))
+        else:
+            lives = np.array(lives)
         with open(resume_filename,"w") as f:
             def write(var):
                 var = np.atleast_1d(var)
diff --git a/src/polychord/feedback.f90 b/src/polychord/feedback.f90
index 54af3474..dfd76404 100644
--- a/src/polychord/feedback.f90
+++ b/src/polychord/feedback.f90
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ subroutine write_opening_statement(settings)
             write(stdout_unit,'("")')
             write(stdout_unit,'("PolyChord: Next Generation Nested Sampling")')
             write(stdout_unit,'("copyright: Will Handley, Mike Hobson & Anthony Lasenby")')
-            write(stdout_unit,'("  version: 1.21.2")')
+            write(stdout_unit,'("  version: 1.21.3")')
             write(stdout_unit,'("  release: 9th Jan 2024")')
             write(stdout_unit,'("    email: wh260@mrao.cam.ac.uk")')
             write(stdout_unit,'("")')