diff --git a/modules/amv/caliop_clavrx_amv.py b/modules/amv/caliop_clavrx_amv.py
index 122184f1aedea34f2c6d7e6c319cc0cdce373a58..94ead332da60be8c0b9ee93a65d11f36c076775d 100644
--- a/modules/amv/caliop_clavrx_amv.py
+++ b/modules/amv/caliop_clavrx_amv.py
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ half_width = 30  # search box centered on CALIOP profile (FGF coordinates)
 num_elems = 5424
 num_lines = 5424
 
+amv_fmwk_exmpl_file = '/ships19/cloud/scratch/4TH_AMV_INTERCOMPARISON/FMWK2_AMV/GOES16_ABI_2KM_FD_2019293_0020_34_WINDS_AMV_EN-14CT.nc'
+amv_ops_exmpl_file = '/ships19/cloud/scratch/AMV_FAST_BIAS/OPS_AMVS/OR_ABI-L2-DMWF-M6C14_G16_s20201050000166_e20201050009474_c20201050023226.nc'
+caliop_clvrx_exmpl_file = '/data/Personal/rink/clavrx_calipso/g16_s20201050200_06kmCLay.matchup.calipso.h5'
+
 
 def get_search_box(cc, ll):
 
@@ -41,7 +45,6 @@ def match_calipso_clavrx_to_amvs(calipso_clavrx_ds, calipso_clavrx_file, amv_fil
     nom_time = calipso_clavrx_ds.get_datetime(calipso_clavrx_file).timestamp()
     calipso_clavrx_nc4 = Dataset(calipso_clavrx_file)
 
-    # amv_fname, ftime, f_idx = amv_files.get_file_containing_time(nom_time)
     amv_fname, ftime, f_idx = amv_files.get_file(nom_time)
     if f_idx is None:
         return None
@@ -155,10 +158,8 @@ def create_file(match_dct, output_path, target_filepath, caliop_clavrx_params, a
     amvs_cnt = np.array(amvs_cnt)
 
     # Sample file to retrieve and copy variable attributes
-    # rg_exmpl = Dataset('/ships19/cloud/scratch/4TH_AMV_INTERCOMPARISON/FMWK2_AMV/GOES16_ABI_2KM_FD_2019293_0020_34_WINDS_AMV_EN-14CT.nc', 'r')
-    rg_exmpl = Dataset('/ships19/cloud/scratch/AMV_FAST_BIAS/OPS_AMVS/OR_ABI-L2-DMWF-M6C14_G16_s20201050000166_e20201050009474_c20201050023226.nc')
-
-    caliop_clavrx_exmpl = Dataset('/data/Personal/rink/clavrx_calipso/g16_s20201050200_06kmCLay.matchup.calipso.h5', 'r')
+    rg_exmpl = Dataset(amv_ops_exmpl_file)
+    caliop_clavrx_exmpl = Dataset(caliop_clvrx_exmpl_file, 'r')
 
     # the top level group for the output file
     rootgrp = Dataset(output_filepath, 'w', format='NETCDF4')