diff --git a/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load.sql b/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load.sql
index 38a79a82..8c0f26d8 100644
--- a/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load.sql
+++ b/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --  psql "dbname=<DBNAME> user=<USER>" -v mimic_data_dir=<PATH TO DATA DIR> -f load_gz.sql
 \cd :mimic_data_dir
 
--- making sure that all tables are emtpy and correct encoding is defined -utf8- 
+-- making sure that all tables are empty and correct encoding is defined -utf8- 
 SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'utf8';
 
 \COPY mimiciv_note.discharge FROM 'discharge.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER NULL '';
diff --git a/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_7z.sql b/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_7z.sql
index 57c4dee6..0263e7ba 100644
--- a/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_7z.sql
+++ b/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_7z.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --  psql "dbname=<DBNAME> user=<USER>" -v mimic_data_dir=<PATH TO DATA DIR> -f load_gz.sql
 \cd :mimic_data_dir
 
--- making sure that all tables are emtpy and correct encoding is defined -utf8- 
+-- making sure that all tables are empty and correct encoding is defined -utf8- 
 SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'utf8';
 
 \COPY mimiciv_note.discharge FROM PROGRAM '7z e -so discharge.csv.gz' DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER NULL '';
diff --git a/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_gz.sql b/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_gz.sql
index bbe9ba64..ff8c9727 100644
--- a/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_gz.sql
+++ b/mimic-iv-note/buildmimic/postgres/load_gz.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --  psql "dbname=<DBNAME> user=<USER>" -v mimic_data_dir=<PATH TO DATA DIR> -f load_gz.sql
 \cd :mimic_data_dir
 
--- making sure that all tables are emtpy and correct encoding is defined -utf8- 
+-- making sure that all tables are empty and correct encoding is defined -utf8- 
 SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'utf8';
 
 \COPY mimiciv_note.discharge FROM PROGRAM 'gzip -dc discharge.csv.gz' DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER NULL '';