diff --git a/arke.py b/arke.py
index a62420b..3069ffa 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 = "/shared/state.json"
-this_round_file = "/shared/results.json"
-alert_file = "/shared/alerts.log"
+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"
 
 
 def monitor_HttpTargets(monitoringtargets):
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def monitor_DomainExpiry(targets):
         expire_year = whois.query(domain).expiration_date.year
         try:
             if expire_year - current_year <= 1:
-                responseTable[domain] = "Domain expiring in < 1 year, please rectify."
+                responseTable[domain] = "Domain expiring in less than 1 year, please rectify."
             else:
                 responseTable[domain] = "Domain is healthy."
         except:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def monitor_TlsExpiry(targets):
         expiration = datetime.strptime(x509.get_notAfter().decode(), '%Y%m%d%H%M%SZ')
         try:
             if expiration - current_year <= 1:
-                responseTable[site] = "TLS expiring in < 30 days, please rectify."
+                responseTable[site] = "TLS expiring in less than 30 days, please rectify."
             else:
                 responseTable[site] = "cert is healthy."
         except:
@@ -87,42 +87,46 @@ while is_on:
     datastore['whois'] = monitor_DomainExpiry(arkevars.domains_to_check)
 
     # write new results to file
-    with open(this_round_file, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as outfile:
+    with open(this_round_file_path, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as outfile:
         json.dump(datastore, outfile, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)
 
     # track state
-    with open(this_round_file, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-        if os.path.exists(last_round_file):
-            stateFile = open(last_round_file, "r")
+    with open(this_round_file_path, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as new_file:
+        if os.path.exists(last_round_file_path):
+            with open(last_round_file_path, "r+", encoding="utf-8") as old_file:
+                oldData = old_file.read()
         else:
-            stateFile = open(last_round_file, "w+")
+            with open(last_round_file_path, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as old_file:
+                oldData = old_file.read()
+        newData = open(this_round_file_path, "r").read()
 
-        oldData = stateFile.read()
-        if oldData != file.read():
+        # pdb.set_trace()
+        if oldData != newData:
             stateChanged = True
         else:
             stateChanged = False
 
-    stateFile.close()
+    pdb.set_trace()
+    time.sleep(1)
 
-    # delete state.log so I can write to it cleanly
-    os.remove(last_round_file)
+    # delete state.json so I can write to it cleanly
+    os.remove(last_round_file_path)
 
     # queue up an alert if stateChanged = True
     results = []
-    with open(this_round_file, "r+", encoding="utf-8") as json_File:
+    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, "a+")
+                    errorFile = open(alert_file_path, "a+")
                     errorText = str(key) + " " + str(value) + "\n"
                     errorFile.write(errorText)
 
     # Copy current results to state.log file for next iteration
-    with open(last_round_file, "a+") as json_File:    
+    with open(last_round_file_path, "a+") as json_File:
         json_datastore = json.dumps(datastore, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)
         json_File.write(json_datastore)
 
-    os.remove(this_round_file)
+    os.remove(this_round_file_path)
     time.sleep(60)