diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/spark/examples/SparkALS.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/spark/examples/SparkALS.scala
index 2766ad170255d9018cfe3791f82a26da380e987f..5e01885dbb464bcdf759ffc214811a009648669a 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/spark/examples/SparkALS.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/spark/examples/SparkALS.scala
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ object SparkALS {
 
     (0 to 5).map(i => {
       i match {
-        case a if a < args.length => Option(args(a))
-        case _ => Option(null)
+        case a if a < args.length => Some(args(a))
+        case _ => None
       }
     }).toArray match {
       case Array(host_, m, u, f, iters, slices_) => {
diff --git a/python/examples/als.py b/python/examples/als.py
index 284cf0d3a21fd509ae155d590adef456c37e8356..010f80097f1a643f7a69eebac9ad0d048150af22 100755
--- a/python/examples/als.py
+++ b/python/examples/als.py
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
         error = rmse(R, ms, us)
         print "Iteration %d:" % i 
-        print "\nRMSE: %5.4f\n" % error
\ No newline at end of file
+        print "\nRMSE: %5.4f\n" % error