diff --git a/src/index.spec.ts b/src/index.spec.ts
index 4c640eb..7cfd757 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ describe('saidify function tests', () => {
   })
 
   it(`produces a valid SAID for Blake3-256 and JSON with data and code arg`, () => {
-    const saidDataCode = Lib.saidify(data, code)
+    const saidDataCode = Lib.saidify(data, 'd', code)
     expect(saidDataCode).toEqual(`EHSOlNZzwiekacJenXM3qPNU9-07ic_G0ejn8hrA2lKQ`)
   })
 
   it(`produces a valid SAID for Blake3-256 and JSON with data and kind arg`, () => {
-    const saidDataCodeKind = Lib.saidify(data, code, kind)
+    const saidDataCodeKind = Lib.saidify(data, 'd', code, kind)
     expect(saidDataCodeKind).toEqual(`EHSOlNZzwiekacJenXM3qPNU9-07ic_G0ejn8hrA2lKQ`)
   })
 
   it(`produces a valid SAID for Blake3-256 and JSON with data, code, kind, and label arg`, () => {
-    const saidAllArgs = Lib.saidify(data, code, kind, label)
+    const saidAllArgs = Lib.saidify(data, label, code, kind)
     expect(saidAllArgs).toEqual(`EHSOlNZzwiekacJenXM3qPNU9-07ic_G0ejn8hrA2lKQ`)
   })
 })
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('example code tests', () => {
       d: '',
     }
     const label = 'd'
-    const said = Lib.saidify(data, SAIDDex.Blake3_256, Serials.JSON, label)
+    const said = Lib.saidify(data, label, SAIDDex.Blake3_256, Serials.JSON)
     expect(said).toEqual('ELLbizIr2FJLHexNkiLZpsTWfhwUmZUicuhmoZ9049Hz')
   })
 })
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe(`verify function tests`, () => {
       d: 'ELLbizIr2FJLHexNkiLZpsTWfhwUmZUicuhmoZ9049Hz',
     }
     const label = 'd'
-    const doesVerify = Lib.verify(data, said, label, SAIDDex.Blake3_256, Serials.JSON, true)
+    const doesVerify = Lib.verify(data, said, label)
     expect(doesVerify).toEqual(true)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/lib/core.ts b/src/lib/core.ts
index 2d68237..f532ba5 100644
--- a/src/lib/core.ts
+++ b/src/lib/core.ts
@@ -275,15 +275,15 @@ export function validateRawSize(raw: Uint8Array, code: string = SAIDDex.Blake3_2
  * ```
  *
  * @param data - data to derive self-addressing data from and to add to as a prop labeled by `label`
+ * @param label - name of the property in the "data" field that will have the SAID placed inside
  * @param code - algorithm to be used to derive the SAID
  * @param kind - type of serialization to use
- * @param label - name of the property in the "data" field that will have the SAID placed inside
  */
 export function saidify(
   data: Dict<any>,
+  label: string = 'd',
   code: string = SAIDDex.Blake3_256,
   kind: Serials = Serials.JSON,
-  label: string = 'd',
 ): string {
   const [raw, _data] = deriveSAIDBytes(data, code, kind, label)
   return qb64(raw, code)