diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a0580f0..26c76f1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             aws s3 cp s3://com-stitchdata-dev-deployment-assets/environments/tap-tester/sandbox dev_env.sh
             source dev_env.sh
+            export LC_ALL=C
             python3 -m venv /usr/local/share/virtualenvs/tap-postgres
             source /usr/local/share/virtualenvs/tap-postgres/bin/activate
             pip install .
diff --git a/tap_postgres/__init__.py b/tap_postgres/__init__.py
index 00afb6c..38dfe6a 100644
--- a/tap_postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/tap_postgres/__init__.py
@@ -691,9 +691,9 @@ def main_impl():
 
     if args.discover:
         do_discovery(conn_config)
-    elif args.properties or args.catalog:
+    elif args.properties:
         state = args.state
-        do_sync(conn_config, args.catalog.to_dict() if args.catalog else args.properties, args.config.get('default_replication_method'), state)
+        do_sync(conn_config, args.properties, args.config.get('default_replication_method'), state)
     else:
         LOGGER.info("No properties were selected")
 
diff --git a/tap_postgres/sync_strategies/logical_replication.py b/tap_postgres/sync_strategies/logical_replication.py
index d857f82..bddf10c 100644
--- a/tap_postgres/sync_strategies/logical_replication.py
+++ b/tap_postgres/sync_strategies/logical_replication.py
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ def create_array_elem(elem, sql_datatype, conn_info):
                 #custom datatypes like enums
                 cast_datatype = 'text[]'
 
-            sql = """SELECT $stitch_quote${}$stitch_quote$::{}""".format(elem, cast_datatype)
-            cur.execute(sql)
+            sql_stmt = """SELECT $stitch_quote${}$stitch_quote$::{}""".format(elem, cast_datatype)
+            cur.execute(sql_stmt)
             res = cur.fetchone()[0]
             return res