diff --git a/experiments/standalone/Bucket/global_bucket_function.jl b/experiments/standalone/Bucket/global_bucket_function.jl
index f20bfd59a7..78abb6d5b1 100644
--- a/experiments/standalone/Bucket/global_bucket_function.jl
+++ b/experiments/standalone/Bucket/global_bucket_function.jl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ z_0b = FT(1e-3);
 ρc_soil = FT(2e6);
 τc = FT(3600);
 t0 = 0.0;
-tf = 7 * 86400;
+tf = 1 * 86400; # change back to 7
 Δt = 3600.0;
 
 bucket_parameters = BucketModelParameters(FT; albedo, z_0m, z_0b, τc);
@@ -191,13 +191,31 @@ sol_test = SciMLBase.solve(prob, ode_algo; dt = Δt, callback = diag_cb)
 
 #### ClimaAnalysis ####
 
+# all
 simdir = ClimaAnalysis.SimDir(output_dir)
-println(summary(simdir))
-alpha = get(simdir; short_name = "alpha")
-fig = CairoMakie.Figure(size = (400, 600))
-viz.plot!(fig, alpha, time = 2 * 86400)
-CairoMakie.save(joinpath(output_dir, "alpha.png"), fig)
+for short_name in [
+    "alpha",
+    "rn",
+    "tsfc",
+    "qsfc",
+    "lhf",
+    "rae",
+    "shf",
+    "vflux",
+    "rhosfc",
+    #"tsoil", # 3D
+    "wsoil",
+    "wsfc",
+    "ssfc",
+]
+    var = get(simdir; short_name)
+    fig = CairoMakie.Figure(size = (400, 600))
+    viz.plot!(fig, var, time = 1 * 86400)
+    CairoMakie.save(joinpath(output_dir, "$short_name.png"), fig)
+end
 
+# TO DO: this works, but all variables are constant in space. 
+# Should we use another Bucket experiment?
 ###########
 
 sol = ClimaComms.@time ClimaComms.device() SciMLBase.solve(
diff --git a/src/diagnostics/default_diagnostics.jl b/src/diagnostics/default_diagnostics.jl
index ec61b7e122..e255d0f800 100644
--- a/src/diagnostics/default_diagnostics.jl
+++ b/src/diagnostics/default_diagnostics.jl
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function default_diagnostics(land_model::BucketModel, t_start; output_writer)
         "wsoil",
         "wsfc",
         "ssfc",
-    ]
+    ] # TO DO: would it be helpful to return this list?
 
     default_outputs =
         hourly_averages(bucket_diagnostics...; output_writer, t_start)