diff --git a/src/Regridder.jl b/src/Regridder.jl
index a734fe5e4..77bec9579 100644
--- a/src/Regridder.jl
+++ b/src/Regridder.jl
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ function truncate_dataset(
     println("datapath : ", datapath)
     println("file_name: ", file_name)
     println("joint path: ", datafile_truncated)
-    
+
     if ClimaComms.iamroot(comms_ctx)
         ds = NCDataset(datafile, "r")
         dates = ds["time"][:]
@@ -703,16 +703,12 @@ function truncate_dataset(
         println("set start and end id")
         println("----------------------------")
 
-        truncated_ds = NCDataset(datafile_truncated, "c")
-        println("file made?")
-        c = view(ds, time = start_id:end_id)
-        println(c)
-        println(ds)
-        truncated_ds = write(truncated_ds, c) #view(ds, time = start_id:end_id))
+        ds_truncated = NCDataset(datafile_truncated, "c")
+        ds_truncated = write(truncated_ds, view(ds, time = start_id:end_id))
         println("truncated")
 
         close(ds)
-        close(truncated_ds)
+        close(ds_truncated)
 
         return datafile_truncated
     end
diff --git a/test/regridder_tests.jl b/test/regridder_tests.jl
index a492c7e8b..2c97401c8 100644
--- a/test/regridder_tests.jl
+++ b/test/regridder_tests.jl
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ end
     COUPLER_OUTPUT_DIR = joinpath("experiments", "AMIP", "output", "tests")
     mkpath(COUPLER_OUTPUT_DIR)
 
-    REGRID_DIR = joinpath(COUPLER_OUTPUT_DIR, "regrid_tmp", "")
+    REGRID_DIR = joinpath(COUPLER_OUTPUT_DIR, "regrid_tmp") #, "")
     mkpath(REGRID_DIR)
 
     println("regrid_dir: ", REGRID_DIR)