diff --git a/FireFuncs.py b/FireFuncs.py
index a651ec3217c650d14619384b4c1677792a47ca32..585bc7e751eb815cca07c05b83314821ffa55cff 100644
--- a/FireFuncs.py
+++ b/FireFuncs.py
@@ -108,10 +108,13 @@ def set_ftype(fire):
         vLCT = FireIO.get_LCT_CONUS(
             uselocs
         )  # call get_LCT to get all LCT for the fire pixels
-        LCTmax = max(
-            set(vLCT), key=vLCT.count
-        )  # extract the LCT with most pixel counts
-
+        try:
+            LCTmax = max(
+            set(vLCT), key=vLCT.count)  # extract the LCT with most pixel counts
+        except:
+            print('No LCT data available, setting ftype to 0...')
+            ftype = 0
+            return ftype
         # get and record fm1000 value at ignition
         ignct = fire.ignlocsMP.centroid  # ignition centroid
         loc = (ignct.y, ignct.x)  # (lat,lon)
diff --git a/FireGpkg.py b/FireGpkg.py
index 33c536b32b020e4e3cdf1644ff7535bdf5690b01..964bb8319747f014ce579b6d7313fb78482e1969 100644
--- a/FireGpkg.py
+++ b/FireGpkg.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ def make_gdf_snapshot(allfires, regnm, layer="perimeter"):
     
     gdf = FireIO.load_gpkgobj(t_pt, regnm, layer=layer)  # try to read data at t_pt
     if gdf is None:  # when no previous time step data, initialize the GeoDataFrame
+        print('No previous Snapshot found. Making file from allfires obj.')
         gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame(
             columns=(list(dd.keys()) + ["fireID"]), crs="epsg:" + str(epsg), geometry=[]
         )
diff --git a/FireGpkg_sfs.py b/FireGpkg_sfs.py
index 428e51b74d1f9f98dcff3440239b49cd8fb03b46..dbc0e276302d158ff0fdcae09af6eb72e68f238d 100644
--- a/FireGpkg_sfs.py
+++ b/FireGpkg_sfs.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Modules required
 
 import warnings
 warnings.simplefilter(action='ignore', category=FutureWarning)
+# Use a logger to record console output
+from FireLog import logger
+import time
 
 def find_largefires(allfires, falim=4):
     """ Given an allfires object, extract large fires to be used for single fire
@@ -265,6 +268,7 @@ def make_sfts_1f(allfires, fid, regnm, dd, layer="perimeter"):
 
         if FireTime.t_dif(t, f.t_st) == 0:
             gdf_all = make_sf(t, regnm, layer, fids_m + [fid], fid, sfkeys)
+            if gdf_all is None: print('Warning, this initial instance of gdf_all is None.')
         else:
             if gdf_all is None:
                 print('Warning: variable gdf_all is was previously None. Resetting to current timestep...')
@@ -469,11 +473,16 @@ def save_sfts_trng(
     endloop = False  # flag to control the ending olf the loop
     t = list(tst)  # t is the time (year,month,day,ampm) for each step
     while endloop == False:
+        
         print("Single fire saving", t)
-
+        logger.info('Single fire saving: '+str(t))
+        
         # create and save all gpkg files at time t
+        tstart = time.time()
         save_sfts_all(t, regnm, layers=layers)
-
+        tend = time.time()
+        
+        logger.info(f"{(tend-tstart)/60.} minutes used to save Largefire data for this time.")
         # time flow control
         #  - if t reaches ted, set endloop to True to stop the loop
         if FireTime.t_dif(t, ted) == 0:
diff --git a/FireIO.py b/FireIO.py
index 0d4c0a73be3d070c59d43a7693ba129c1911c85e..468a337f591e4a470756f52964e8abd84536f9ba 100644
--- a/FireIO.py
+++ b/FireIO.py
@@ -1630,9 +1630,9 @@ def save_gpkgsfs(
         gdf_nfplist.to_file(f"{fnm}/nfplist.fgb", driver="FlatGeobuf")
 
 
+        
 def load_gpkgobj(t, regnm, layer="perimeter"):
     """ Load geopandas from a gpkg fire object file
-
     Parameters
     ----------
     t : tuple, (int,int,int,str)
@@ -1650,39 +1650,27 @@ def load_gpkgobj(t, regnm, layer="perimeter"):
     
     # get file name
     fnm = get_gpkgobj_fnm(t, regnm)
-    
-    itry = 0
-    maxtries = 5
-    while itry < maxtries:
-        if os_path_exists(fnm):
-            try:
-                gdf = read_gpkg(fnm, layer=layer)
-
-                # set fireID as index column (force to be int type)
-                if "t" in gdf.columns:
-                    gdf["t"] = pd.to_datetime(gdf.t)
-                if "t_st" in gdf.columns:
-                    gdf["t_st"] = pd.to_datetime(gdf.t_st)
-                if "t_ed" in gdf.columns:
-                    gdf["t_ed"] = pd.to_datetime(gdf.t_ed)
-
-                gdf.fireID = gdf.fireID.astype("int")
-                gdf = gdf.set_index("fireID")
-                return gdf
+    try:
+        gdf = read_gpkg(fnm, layer=layer)
+        if gdf is None:
+            return gdf
+        # set fireID as index column (force to be int type)
+        if "t" in gdf.columns:
+            gdf["t"] = pd.to_datetime(gdf.t)
+        if "t_st" in gdf.columns:
+            gdf["t_st"] = pd.to_datetime(gdf.t_st)
+        if "t_ed" in gdf.columns:
+            gdf["t_ed"] = pd.to_datetime(gdf.t_ed)
+
+        gdf.fireID = gdf.fireID.astype("int")
+        gdf = gdf.set_index("fireID")
+        return gdf
             
-            except Exception as e:
-                print('File exists but the following error was encountered:',e)
-                gdf = None
-                return gdf
-
-        else:
-            itry += 1
-            print(f"Read attempt {itry}/{maxtries} failed.")
-            if not itry < maxtries:
-                print(str(fnm),'does not exist.')
-                return None
-            sleep(5)
-
+    except Exception as e:
+        print('Encountered the following error:',e)
+        gdf = None
+        return gdf
+    
 def load_gpkgsfs(t, fid, regnm, layer="perimeter"):
     """ Load geopandas from a gpkg fire object file
 
diff --git a/algorithm_config.yaml b/algorithm_config.yaml
index 557c4869954e1fa04a878ddea77da85a84a8b685..20ac0854aafc933840081216c55fab730c85ec3f 100644
--- a/algorithm_config.yaml
+++ b/algorithm_config.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # DO NOT DELETE
 # THIS CONFIG IS AUTO-GENERATED BY ADE UI
-algo_name: "eis-fire-feds-v2"
+=======
+algo_name: eis-fire-feds-v2-eo
 # Branch or tag
-version: "conus-dps-4"
-environment: "ubuntu"
-repository_url: "https://repo.ops.maap-project.org/ashiklom/fireatlas.git"
+version: conus-dps
+environment: ubuntu
+repository_url: https://repo.ops.maap-project.org/eorland_gee/fireatlas.git
 # Container used for running
 docker_url: "mas.maap-project.org:5000/root/ade-base-images/vanilla:latest"
 # queue chosen when registering