diff --git a/R/auxiliary_giotto.R b/R/auxiliary_giotto.R
index 8fbb26857..cfee9403a 100644
--- a/R/auxiliary_giotto.R
+++ b/R/auxiliary_giotto.R
@@ -1763,10 +1763,7 @@ addCellStatistics <- function(
             )
             cell_metadata[][, c("nr_feats", "perc_feats", "total_expr") := NULL]
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-            gobject <- set_cell_metadata(gobject,
-                metadata = cell_metadata,
-                verbose = FALSE
-            )
+            gobject <- setGiotto(gobject, cell_metadata, verbose = FALSE)
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         }
 
diff --git a/R/differential_expression.R b/R/differential_expression.R
index d84d06f53..68c557814 100644
--- a/R/differential_expression.R
+++ b/R/differential_expression.R
@@ -512,10 +512,7 @@ findGiniMarkers <- function(
         )
 
         ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
-        gobject <- set_cell_metadata(gobject,
-            metadata = cell_metadata,
-            verbose = FALSE
-        )
+        gobject <- setGiotto(gobject, cell_metadata, verbose = FALSE)
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     }
 
@@ -907,10 +904,7 @@ findMastMarkers <- function(
     )
 
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-    gobject <- set_cell_metadata(gobject,
-        metadata = cell_metadata,
-        verbose = FALSE
-    )
+    gobject <- setGiotto(gobject, cell_metadata, verbose = FALSE)
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diff --git a/R/spatial_interaction.R b/R/spatial_interaction.R
index c009c84a2..1c69275fd 100644
--- a/R/spatial_interaction.R
+++ b/R/spatial_interaction.R
@@ -427,10 +427,7 @@ addCellIntMetadata <- function(gobject,
 
     if (return_gobject == TRUE) {
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-        gobject <- set_cell_metadata(gobject,
-            metadata = cell_metadata,
-            verbose = FALSE
-        )
+        gobject <- setGiotto(gobject, cell_metadata, verbose = FALSE)
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         ## update parameters used ##