diff --git a/arke.py b/arke.py
index 3069ffa..841a73e 100644
--- a/arke.py
+++ b/arke.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(message)s', datefmt='%Y/%m/%d %I:%M:%S
 logger = logging.getLogger("arke")
 
 
-last_round_file_path = "/Users/jledbetter/shared/state.json"
-this_round_file_path = "/Users/jledbetter/shared/results.json"
-alert_file_path = "/Users/jledbetter/shared/alerts.log"
+last_round_file_path = "/shared/state.json"
+this_round_file_path = "/shared/results.json"
+alert_file_path = "/shared/alerts.log"
 
 
 def monitor_HttpTargets(monitoringtargets):
@@ -100,14 +100,11 @@ while is_on:
                 oldData = old_file.read()
         newData = open(this_round_file_path, "r").read()
 
-        # pdb.set_trace()
         if oldData != newData:
             stateChanged = True
         else:
             stateChanged = False
 
-    pdb.set_trace()
-    time.sleep(1)
 
     # delete state.json so I can write to it cleanly
     os.remove(last_round_file_path)
@@ -115,13 +112,13 @@ while is_on:
     # queue up an alert if stateChanged = True
     results = []
     with open(this_round_file_path, "r+", encoding="utf-8") as json_File:
-        json_data = json.load(json_File)
-        for key, value in json_data.items():
-            for key, value in value.items():
-                if stateChanged is True:
-                    errorFile = open(alert_file_path, "a+")
-                    errorText = str(key) + " " + str(value) + "\n"
-                    errorFile.write(errorText)
+        if stateChanged is True:
+            json_data = json.load(json_File)
+            for inner_key, inner_value in json_data.items():
+                for key, value in inner_value.items():
+                    with open(alert_file_path, "a") as error_file:
+                        error_text = str(key) + " " + str(value) + "\n"
+                        error_file.write(error_text)
 
     # Copy current results to state.log file for next iteration
     with open(last_round_file_path, "a+") as json_File: