diff --git a/sdk/plugins/reduce.cpp b/sdk/plugins/reduce.cpp
index 1702875..6038e61 100644
--- a/sdk/plugins/reduce.cpp
+++ b/sdk/plugins/reduce.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ class DownsampleTransform : public UntrainableTransform
 
     void project(const Template &src, Template &dst) const
     {
+        if (src.m().channels() != 1)
+            qFatal("Expected 1 channel matrix.");
         Mat input = src.m();
         Mat output(ceil((double)input.rows/k), ceil((double)input.cols/k), CV_32FC1);
         for (int r=0; r<output.rows; r++) {
diff --git a/share/openbr/openbr.bib b/share/openbr/openbr.bib
index 71f922d..556446d 100644
--- a/share/openbr/openbr.bib
+++ b/share/openbr/openbr.bib
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 	Author = {Charles A. Otto},
 	Howpublished = {https://github.com/caotto},
 	Title = {ottochar at gmail.com}}
+
+@misc{lbestrowden,
+	Author = {Lacey S. Best-Rowden},
+	Howpublished = {https://github.com/lbestrowden},
+	Title = {bestrow1 at msu.edu}}
 	
 
 % Software