diff --git a/mimic-iv/buildmimic/postgres/load_7z.sql b/mimic-iv/buildmimic/postgres/load_7z.sql
index 5f238bc4..1420626c 100644
--- a/mimic-iv/buildmimic/postgres/load_7z.sql
+++ b/mimic-iv/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';
 
 -- hosp schema
diff --git a/mimic-iv/buildmimic/postgres/load_gz.sql b/mimic-iv/buildmimic/postgres/load_gz.sql
index f77ac82f..75fdf7d4 100644
--- a/mimic-iv/buildmimic/postgres/load_gz.sql
+++ b/mimic-iv/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';
 
 -- hosp schema