diff --git a/test/testing_scripts/check_data_consistency.py b/test/testing_scripts/check_data_consistency.py
index 17d81b0e0968ea7f7e663f0efdc88e9cf6973be6..2c805c990670fc700187943b6c59b013b78573a6 100644
--- a/test/testing_scripts/check_data_consistency.py
+++ b/test/testing_scripts/check_data_consistency.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from compute_md5 import compute_md5
 
 home_path = "/home/dcristof/" 
-data_path = "scdaq/test/data/run000000/in_progress/"
-#data_path = "scdaq/test/data/run000000/"
+#data_path = "scdaq/test/data/run000000/in_progress/"
+data_path = "scdaq/test/data/run000000/"
 byte_skip = 400
 BUF_SIZE = 65536  # lets read stuff in 64kb chunks!
 
@@ -71,9 +71,18 @@ def write_copy_and_check(file, copied_file=None, verbose=False, skip=0, dev="dax
         path = os.path.join(home_path, data_path)
         print(path)
         print(file)
-        file = path + file
-        copied_file = path + "/copied_" + file
-
+        f = path + file
+        copied_file = path + "copied_" + file
+        print(f)
+        
+        if not os.path.exists(f):
+            f = home_path + data_path + "in_progress/" + file
+            copied_file = home_path + data_path + "in_progress/copied_" + file
+            print(f)
+
+        file = f
+        
+    print(file)
     #print(file)
     write_file_to_dax(file, dev, skip=skip)
     copy_file_from_dax(file, copied_file, dev, skip=skip)
@@ -92,15 +101,16 @@ def write_copy_and_check(file, copied_file=None, verbose=False, skip=0, dev="dax
     copiedFile_md5 = compute_md5(copied_file)
 
     if file_md5 == copiedFile_md5:
-        print(f"{file}: Success! Files are identical.")
+        #print(f"{file}: Success! Files are identical.")
+        print("Success! Files are identical.")
     else:
         print(f"{file}: Error! Files differ.")
     
-    os.remove(copied_file)
-
     if verbose:
-        print(f"{file} MD5 hash: {file_md5}")
-        print(f"Copied {file} MD5 hash: {copiedFile_md5}")
+        print(f"MD5 hash: {file_md5}")
+        print(f"Copied MD5 hash: {copiedFile_md5}")
+    
+    os.remove(copied_file)
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Writes a file(s) into the dax device, copies them back, and checks if they are consistent using MD5 hashing.')
@@ -114,14 +124,11 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.file is None:
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk(args.path):
-            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(args.path):
+            #for root, dirs, files in os.walk(args.path):
                 for file in files:
                     file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
-                    #print(root)
-                    copied_file_path= root + "/copied_" + file
-                    #file_path = root
-                    #print(file_path)
-                    #if os.path.isfile(file_path):
+                    copied_file_path = os.path.join(root, "copied_")
+                    copied_file_path = copied_file_path + file
                     write_copy_and_check(file_path, copied_file_path, verbose=args.verbose, skip=args.skip, dev=args.device)
 
 
diff --git a/test/testing_scripts/famfs_write.sh b/test/testing_scripts/famfs_write.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8953ff50ba39cde4fa81702bd309c30124c11ac8..3c87c361b3a5d54f6826e58ba0b839d665e6da53
--- a/test/testing_scripts/famfs_write.sh
+++ b/test/testing_scripts/famfs_write.sh
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ sudo rm /mnt/famfs/cat*
 
 sudo g++ creat_test.cpp -o test
 
-alloc_size=1024
-file_size=400
+alloc_size=1073741824
+file_size=1073741824
 
 echo "Allocating..."
-sudo ../../../famfs/debug/famfs creat -s ${alloc_size} ${fname_write}
-sudo ../../../famfs/debug/famfs creat -s ${alloc_size} ${fname_fwrite}
-sudo ../../../famfs/debug/famfs creat -s ${alloc_size} ${fname_mmap}
+#sudo ../../../famfs/debug/famfs creat -s ${alloc_size} ${fname_write}
+#sudo ../../../famfs/debug/famfs creat -s ${alloc_size} ${fname_fwrite}
+#sudo ../../../famfs/debug/famfs creat -s ${alloc_size} ${fname_mmap}
 
 echo "Writing..."
 sudo ./test /mnt/famfs/ catty ${file_size}
 
 echo "Reporting diffs to baseline..."
 comp_bytes=${file_size}
-sudo diff -s <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_baseline}) <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_fwrite})
-sudo diff -s <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_baseline}) <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_write})
-sudo diff -s <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_baseline}) <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_mmap})
\ No newline at end of file
+diff -s <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_baseline}) <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_fwrite})
+diff -s <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_baseline}) <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_write})
+diff -s <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_baseline}) <(cut -c1-${comp_bytes} ${fname_mmap})