diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef540fe63c5bdfb2b3ee3bfb3a3e9e6513f1b2a5..c7deb1af5aac18cff5d07efec0fc1b0949cabf83 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ stages:
 build:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - module load R/3.6.1-foss-2015a-bare
+    - module load R/4.1.2-foss-2015a-bare
     - module load CDO/1.9.8-foss-2015a
     - R CMD build --resave-data .
     - R CMD check --as-cran --no-manual --run-donttest startR_*.tar.gz
diff --git a/R/Start.R b/R/Start.R
index d9e9b095eb56cb16374d7c627d799dc74ce81af6..a6d3c02558e5e9f0ad8cf16dfe03808524a8e04e 100644
--- a/R/Start.R
+++ b/R/Start.R
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ Start <- function(..., # dim = indices/selectors,
               # Chunk it only if it is defined dim (i.e., list of character with names of depended dim)
               if (!(length(dat_selectors[[depending_dim_name]]) == 1 &&
                     dat_selectors[[depending_dim_name]] %in% c('all', 'first', 'last'))) {
-                if (sapply(dat_selectors[[depending_dim_name]], is.character)) {
+                if (any(sapply(dat_selectors[[depending_dim_name]], is.character))) {
                   dat_selectors[[depending_dim_name]] <-
                     dat_selectors[[depending_dim_name]][desired_chunk_indices]
                 }
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 6b6189b3c0697892ba35a3f78eecb0db42832343..0579b59d48a0dfe90761c8fe081625758fbf944f 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ generate_vars_to_transform <- function(vars_to_transform, picked_vars, transform
 
 # Turn indices to values for transform_crop_domain
 generate_transform_crop_domain_values <- function(transform_crop_domain, picked_vars) {
-  if (transform_crop_domain == 'all') {
+  if (any(transform_crop_domain == 'all')) {
     transform_crop_domain <- c(picked_vars[1], tail(picked_vars, 1))
   } else {  # indices()
     if (is.list(transform_crop_domain)) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-Start-indices_list_vector.R b/tests/testthat/test-Start-indices_list_vector.R
index 0ad897a08b2e6b1677b3f85718e061a7284b5443..82e5cb1dc1183e3092460c59c6499549d925abd0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-Start-indices_list_vector.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-Start-indices_list_vector.R
@@ -126,44 +126,18 @@ as.vector(exp2)
 
 #  .. ..$ latitude : num [1:3(1d)] -81 -84.6 -88.2
 
-test_that("3. transform, indices reverse", {
-
-# lat and lon are lists of indices
-suppressWarnings(
-exp1 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/ecmwf/system5_m1/monthly_mean/$var$_f6h/$var$_$sdate$.nc',
-             var = 'tas',
-             sdate = '20000101',
-             ensemble = indices(1),
-             time = indices(1),
-             latitude = indices(list(30, 1)), 
-             latitude_reorder = Sort(),
-             longitude = indices(list(1, 40)),  # can't reverse. Different meaning
-             longitude_reorder = CircularSort(0, 360),
-             transform = CDORemapper,
-             transform_params = list(grid = 'r100x50',
-                                     method = 'con',
-                                     crop = c(0, 11, -90, -81)),
-             transform_vars = c('latitude', 'longitude'),
-             transform_extra_cells = 8,
-             synonims = list(latitude = c('lat', 'latitude'),
-                             longitude = c('longitude', 'lon')),
-             return_vars = list(latitude = NULL,
-                                longitude = NULL,
-                                time = 'sdate'),
-             retrieve= T)
-)
-
-# This test is not valid because it doesn't make sense to use longitude = 40:1. With the automatic "crop" values, the result is not correct.
-## lat and lon are vectors of indices
+#test_that("3. transform, indices reverse", {
+#
+## lat and lon are lists of indices
 #suppressWarnings(
-#exp2 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/ecmwf/system5_m1/monthly_mean/$var$_f6h/$var$_$sdate$.nc',
+#exp1 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/ecmwf/system5_m1/monthly_mean/$var$_f6h/$var$_$sdate$.nc',
 #             var = 'tas',
 #             sdate = '20000101',
 #             ensemble = indices(1),
 #             time = indices(1),
-#             latitude = 30:1,
+#             latitude = indices(list(30, 1)), 
 #             latitude_reorder = Sort(),
-#             longitude = 40:1,
+#             longitude = indices(list(1, 40)),  # can't reverse. Different meaning
 #             longitude_reorder = CircularSort(0, 360),
 #             transform = CDORemapper,
 #             transform_params = list(grid = 'r100x50',
@@ -179,12 +153,38 @@ exp1 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/ecmwf/system5_m1/monthly_mean/$var$_f6h/$var
 #             retrieve= T)
 #)
 #
-#expect_equal(
-#as.vector(drop(exp1)[, 4:1]),
-#as.vector(exp2)
-#)
-
-})
+## This test is not valid because it doesn't make sense to use longitude = 40:1. With the automatic "crop" values, the result is not correct.
+### lat and lon are vectors of indices
+##suppressWarnings(
+##exp2 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/ecmwf/system5_m1/monthly_mean/$var$_f6h/$var$_$sdate$.nc',
+##             var = 'tas',
+##             sdate = '20000101',
+##             ensemble = indices(1),
+##             time = indices(1),
+##             latitude = 30:1,
+##             latitude_reorder = Sort(),
+##             longitude = 40:1,
+##             longitude_reorder = CircularSort(0, 360),
+##             transform = CDORemapper,
+##             transform_params = list(grid = 'r100x50',
+##                                     method = 'con',
+##                                     crop = c(0, 11, -90, -81)),
+##             transform_vars = c('latitude', 'longitude'),
+##             transform_extra_cells = 8,
+##             synonims = list(latitude = c('lat', 'latitude'),
+##                             longitude = c('longitude', 'lon')),
+##             return_vars = list(latitude = NULL,
+##                                longitude = NULL,
+##                                time = 'sdate'),
+##             retrieve= T)
+##)
+##
+##expect_equal(
+##as.vector(drop(exp1)[, 4:1]),
+##as.vector(exp2)
+##)
+#
+#})
 
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