diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1fad99af..8247f945 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Package: glatos
 Type: Package
 Title: A package for the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System
 Description: Functions useful to members of the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System https://glatos.glos.us; many more broadly relevant to simulating, processing, analysing, and visualizing acoustic telemetry data.
-Version: 0.8.0.9000
-Date: 2024-01-04
+Version: 0.8.0.9001
+Date: 2024-01-13
 Depends: R (>= 3.5.0)
 Imports:
 		av,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1300a864..5393bdbd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
+- Omit data.table from class of object returned by `read_glatos_detections()`  
+  and `read_glatos_receivers()`. 
+    - fixes [issue #200](https://github.com/ocean-tracking-network/glatos/issues/200)
+
 - Fix typo in Description to Suggest 'gifski' (not 'gifsky'). 
     - fixes [issue #185](https://github.com/ocean-tracking-network/glatos/issues/185)
 
diff --git a/R/load-read_glatos_detections.r b/R/load-read_glatos_detections.r
index 7ca5151e..d53e77c9 100644
--- a/R/load-read_glatos_detections.r
+++ b/R/load-read_glatos_detections.r
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ read_glatos_detections <- function(det_file, version = NULL) {
     ))
   }
 
-  # assign class
+  # strip data.table and assign glatos_detections class
+  data.table::setDF(dtc)
+
   dtc <- as_glatos_detections(dtc)
 
   return(dtc)
diff --git a/R/load-read_glatos_receivers.r b/R/load-read_glatos_receivers.r
index 1a184aaa..a5084d5a 100644
--- a/R/load-read_glatos_receivers.r
+++ b/R/load-read_glatos_receivers.r
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ read_glatos_receivers <- function(rec_file, version = NULL) {
   }
   #-end v1.x----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  # assign class
+  # strip data.table and assign glatos_receivers class
+  data.table::setDF(rec)
+
   rec <- as_glatos_receivers(rec)
 
   return(rec)