diff --git a/R/orsf_vint.R b/R/orsf_vint.R
index 388a5715..b8c6c4e0 100644
--- a/R/orsf_vint.R
+++ b/R/orsf_vint.R
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ orsf_vint <- function(object,
  pd$id_intr <- paste(pd$var_1_name, pd$var_2_name, sep = sep)
 
  if(object$tree_type == 'classification'){
+  # better to compute interaction scores on the mean scale if
+  # partial dependence is computed using probabilities
   pd[, mean := log(mean+0.01)]
   pd[, class := paste0(class, "._aorsf.split_")]
  }
@@ -141,7 +143,18 @@ orsf_vint <- function(object,
                                  "\\.\\_aorsf\\.split\\_\\.",
                                  keep = 2L)]
 
-  out <- out[, .(score = mean(score)), by = c('interaction')]
+  pd_split <- lapply(pd_split, function(dt){
+
+   dt[, class := gsub(pattern = "\\._aorsf\\.split_",
+                      replacement = '',
+                      x = class)]
+
+   # inverse transform from log taken above
+   dt[, mean := exp(mean) - 0.01]
+
+   dt
+
+  })
 
  }
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index aba8c749..50c2d321 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-I am sorry that my previous attempts did not fix the clang-UBSAN issue and led to. With the help of a colleague, I was able to reproduce the undefined behavior error and resolve it for this submission. I understand you are taking an extended break from reviewing this package and I'm comfortable waiting until the break is concluded.
+
+With the help of a colleague, I was able to reproduce the undefined behavior error. I am confident that it is now resolved.
+
+I understand you are taking an extended break from reviewing this package and I'm comfortable waiting until the break is concluded. Thank you for everything you do.
+
+I saw that it took a long time to run tests on my last submission. I added rules to skip tests on CRAN that require longer run times. I hope this is helpful.
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-orsf_vint.R b/tests/testthat/test-orsf_vint.R
index 9676808d..d17ace90 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-orsf_vint.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-orsf_vint.R
@@ -31,3 +31,29 @@ test_that(
 
  }
 )
+
+test_that(
+ desc = "vint succeeds on categorical forests",
+ code = {
+
+  skip_on_cran()
+
+  fit <- orsf(species ~ ., data = penguins_orsf)
+
+  vints <- orsf_vint(fit)
+
+  expect_true(all(levels(penguins_orsf$species) %in% vints$class))
+
+  penguins_bnry <- penguins_orsf
+  penguins_bnry$species <- factor(penguins_bnry$species == "Adelie",
+                                  levels = c(FALSE, TRUE),
+                                  labels = c("Other", "adelie"))
+
+  fit <- orsf(species ~ ., data = penguins_bnry)
+
+  vints <- orsf_vint(fit)
+
+  expect_true(all(levels(penguins_bnry$species) %in% vints$class))
+
+ }
+)