diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index 96640821cae61cba4fb77c0f3c3e9d898837c4cb..61b2a97f419d3fe8519472e9b770750432d47a70 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ def run_all(directory):
 
         for idx, l1b_f in enumerate(l1b_files):
             if idx % 8 == 0:
-                w_o_ext, ext = os.path.splitext(l1b_f)
-                l2_f = w_o_ext+'.highres'+ext
-                if not os.path.exists(l2_f):
-                    continue
+                # w_o_ext, ext = os.path.splitext(l1b_f)
+                # l2_f = w_o_ext+'.highres'+ext
+                # if not os.path.exists(l2_f):
+                #     continue
                 print(l1b_f)
 
                 try:
@@ -36,22 +36,22 @@ def run_all(directory):
                     print('cant open file: ', l1b_f)
                     continue
 
-                try:
-                    l2_h5f = h5py.File(l2_f, 'r')
-                except:
-                    print('cant open file: ', l2_f)
-                    l1b_h5f.close()
-                    continue
+                # try:
+                #     l2_h5f = h5py.File(l2_f, 'r')
+                # except:
+                #     print('cant open file: ', l2_f)
+                #     l1b_h5f.close()
+                #     continue
 
                 try:
-                    run(l1b_h5f, l2_h5f, l1b_tiles, l2_tiles)
+                    run(l1b_h5f, None, l1b_tiles, l2_tiles)
                 except:
                     l1b_h5f.close()
-                    l2_h5f.close()
+                    # l2_h5f.close()
                     continue
 
                 l1b_h5f.close()
-                l2_h5f.close()
+                # l2_h5f.close()
 
         if len(l1b_tiles) or len(l2_tiles) == 0:
             continue