diff --git a/geospatial_tools/stac.py b/geospatial_tools/stac.py
index a7b0a71..9816f75 100644
--- a/geospatial_tools/stac.py
+++ b/geospatial_tools/stac.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def __init__(self, catalog_name, logger=LOGGER):
 
     def search(
         self,
-        datetime=None,
+        data_range=None,
         max_items: int = None,
         limit: int = None,
         collections: str = None,
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def search(
         self.logger.info(intro_log)
 
         search = self.catalog.search(
-            datetime=datetime,
+            datetime=data_range,
             max_items=max_items,
             limit=limit,
             collections=collections,
diff --git a/geospatial_tools/vector.py b/geospatial_tools/vector.py
index b1ba0d5..769e2e1 100644
--- a/geospatial_tools/vector.py
+++ b/geospatial_tools/vector.py
@@ -558,9 +558,9 @@ def spatial_join_within(
     logger.info("Grouping results")
     grouped_gdf = joined_gdf.groupby(temp_feature_id)[polygon_column].agg(list).reset_index()
     logger.info("Cleaning and merging results")
-    features = gpd.GeoDataFrame(vector_features.merge(grouped_gdf, on=temp_feature_id, how="left"))
+    features = vector_features.merge(grouped_gdf, on=temp_feature_id, how="left")
     features = features.rename(columns={polygon_column: vector_column_name})
     features.drop(columns=[temp_feature_id], inplace=True)
     features[vector_column_name] = features[vector_column_name].apply(sorted)
     logger.info("Spatial join operation is completed")
-    return features
+    return gpd.GeoDataFrame(features)