diff --git a/src/Regridder.jl b/src/Regridder.jl
index 53326adce..79f585331 100644
--- a/src/Regridder.jl
+++ b/src/Regridder.jl
@@ -647,10 +647,14 @@ function truncate_dataset(
     name,
     comms_ctx::ClimaComms.AbstractCommsContext,
 )
-    if ClimaComms.iamroot(comms_ctx)
-        date_start = date0 + Dates.Second(time_start)
-        date_end = date0 + Dates.Second(time_start + time_end)
+    date_start = date0 + Dates.Second(time_start)
+    date_end = date0 + Dates.Second(time_start + time_end)
+
+    file_name = string(name, "_truncated_data_", string(date_start), string(date_end), ".nc")
+    datafile_truncated = joinpath(datapath, file_name)
 
+    println(datafile_truncated)
+    if ClimaComms.iamroot(comms_ctx)
         ds = NCDataset(datafile, "r")
         dates = ds["time"][:]
 
@@ -696,11 +700,6 @@ function truncate_dataset(
         println("set start and end id")
         println("----------------------------")
 
-        file_name = string(name, "_truncated_data_", string(date_start), string(date_end), ".nc")
-        datafile_truncated = joinpath(datapath, file_name)
-
-        println(datafile_truncated)
-
         truncated_ds = NCDataset(datafile_truncated, "c")
         println("file made?")
         c = view(ds, time = start_id:end_id)