diff --git a/colorbleed/maya/lib.py b/colorbleed/maya/lib.py
index 95ca405feb..8d417b79ed 100644
--- a/colorbleed/maya/lib.py
+++ b/colorbleed/maya/lib.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from maya import cmds, mel
 
 from avalon import api, maya, io, pipeline
 from cb.utils.maya import core
+import cb.utils.maya.context
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ ATTRIBUTE_DICT = {"int": {"attributeType": "long"},
                   "float": {"attributeType": "double"},
                   "bool": {"attributeType": "bool"}}
 
-SHAPE_ATTRS = ["castsShadows",
+SHAPE_ATTRS = {"castsShadows",
                "receiveShadows",
                "motionBlur",
                "primaryVisibility",
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ SHAPE_ATTRS = ["castsShadows",
                "visibleInReflections",
                "visibleInRefractions",
                "doubleSided",
-               "opposite"]
+               "opposite"}
 
 RENDER_ATTRS = {"vray":
                     {
@@ -50,9 +51,6 @@ RENDER_ATTRS = {"vray":
                 }
 
 
-SHAPE_ATTRS = set(SHAPE_ATTRS)
-
-
 DEFAULT_MATRIX = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
                   0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0,
                   0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0,
@@ -572,7 +570,11 @@ def extract_alembic(file,
     # Perform extraction
     print("Alembic Job Arguments : {}".format(job_str))
 
-    cmds.AbcExport(j=job_str, verbose=verbose)
+    # Disable the parallel evaluation temporarily to ensure no buggy
+    # exports are made. (PLN-31)
+    # TODO: Make sure this actually fixes the issues
+    with cb.utils.maya.context.evaluation("off"):
+        cmds.AbcExport(j=job_str, verbose=verbose)
 
     if verbose:
         log.debug("Extracted Alembic to: %s", file)
diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/publish/collect_imagesequences.py b/colorbleed/plugins/publish/collect_imagesequences.py
index a20ecec781..4da58840c0 100644
--- a/colorbleed/plugins/publish/collect_imagesequences.py
+++ b/colorbleed/plugins/publish/collect_imagesequences.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class CollectMindbenderImageSequences(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
         # Force towards a single json sequence (override searching
         # the current working directory)
+        # TODO: This logic should be simplified
         USE_JSON = os.environ.get("USE_JSON", "")
         if USE_JSON:
             workspace = os.path.dirname(USE_JSON)
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class CollectMindbenderImageSequences(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
                 raise Exception("%s was not published correctly "
                                 "(missing metadata)" % renderlayer)
 
-            metadat_instance = metadata['instance']
+            metadata_instance = metadata['instance']
             # For now ensure this data is ignored
             for collection in collections:
                 instance = context.create_instance(str(collection))
@@ -62,11 +63,11 @@ class CollectMindbenderImageSequences(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
                 # Ensure each instance gets its own unique reference to
                 # the source data
-                instance_metadata = copy.deepcopy(metadat_instance)
+                instance_metadata = copy.deepcopy(metadata_instance)
 
                 data = dict(instance_metadata, **{
                     "name": instance.name,
-                    "family": "Image Sequence",
+                    "family": "colorbleed.imagesequence",
                     "families": ["colorbleed.imagesequence"],
                     "subset": collection.head[:-1],
                     "stagingDir": os.path.join(workspace, renderlayer),