diff --git a/common/ModBasicMath.F90 b/common/ModBasicMath.F90
index 1c187e4..3d4c209 100644
--- a/common/ModBasicMath.F90
+++ b/common/ModBasicMath.F90
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ subroutine QuadFit_1D(x, f, a0, a1, a2)
     lhs = 0.
     rhs = 0.
     do i = 1, size(x)
-      print *, "i = ", i
       xi = x(i)
       xi2 = xi*xi
       xi3 = xi*xi2
@@ -206,13 +205,7 @@ subroutine QuadFit_1D(x, f, a0, a1, a2)
 
       lhs(3, 3) = lhs(3, 3) + xi4
 
-      print *, "lhs"
-      do j = 1, 3
-        print *, lhs(j, :)
-      end do
-
       rhs = rhs + (/1._WP, xi, xi2/)*f(i)
-      print *, "rhs = ", rhs
     end do ! i
 
     lhs(2, 1) = lhs(1, 2)
diff --git a/examples/carotid_web/init.sbatch b/examples/carotid_web/init.sbatch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9daf158..0000000
--- a/examples/carotid_web/init.sbatch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#Do the following before running
-#change initcond.F90 layers variable
-#change the #cpus and #cores here
-#change log file name to reflect proc and layer count
-#change num processes in srun to reflect the total execution threads
-
-#run this in the case directory of RBC3D
-
-#SBATCH --account=gts-sbryngelson3
-#SBATCH -N8 --ntasks-per-node=24
-#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=4GB
-#SBATCH -t8:00:00
-#SBATCH -q embers
-#SBATCH --mail-user=smanasreh6@gatech.edu
-#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END,FAIL
-#SBATCH -o "./run_logs/carotidweb.log"
-
-cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR
-
-cd D
-rm *
-cd ../
-
-ml gcc mvapich2 netcdf-c netcdf-cxx netcdf-fortran fftw
-
-cd ../../common
-make clean
-make .depend
-make
-
-cd ../examples/carotid_web
-make clean
-make .depend
-make
-srun ./initcond #for continue run, comment this out
-
-sbatch run.sbatch
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diff --git a/examples/carotid_web/initcond.F90 b/examples/carotid_web/initcond.F90
index f431daa..040dd7f 100644
--- a/examples/carotid_web/initcond.F90
+++ b/examples/carotid_web/initcond.F90
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ program randomized_cell_gen
   integer, parameter :: ranseed = 112
 
   !initial condition setup parameters
-  real(WP), parameter :: hematocrit = 0.16
+  real(WP), parameter :: hematocrit = 0.2
   real(WP) :: tuber = 4
   real(WP), parameter :: tubelen = 30
 
@@ -34,14 +34,10 @@ program randomized_cell_gen
   nodeNum = nodeNum + 1
 
   !calculate number of cells for the defined hematocrit, assuming all blood cells are healthy RBCs for volume
-  !hematocrit = 4 * nrbc / (tube_radius^2 * tube_length)
-  print *, "hematocrit", hematocrit
+  !hematocrit = 4 * nrbc / (3 * tube_radius^2 * tube_length)
   nrbcMax = ((3*(tubelen*tuber**2*hematocrit))/4)
-  ! nrbcMax = 500
 
-  if (rootWorld) then
-    write (*, *) "Num RBCs in simulation is ", nrbcMax
-  end if
+  if (rootWorld) write (*, *) "Num RBCs in simulation is ", nrbcMax
 
   !set other initialization params
   vBkg(1:2) = 0.; vBkg(3) = 8.
diff --git a/examples/carotid_web/run.sbatch b/examples/carotid_web/run.sbatch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d36e5a..0000000
--- a/examples/carotid_web/run.sbatch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#run this in the case directory of RBC3D
-
-#SBATCH --account=gts-sbryngelson3
-#SBATCH -N8 --ntasks-per-node=24
-#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=4GB
-#SBATCH -t8:00:00
-#SBATCH -q embers
-#SBATCH --mail-user=smanasreh6@gatech.edu
-#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END,FAIL
-#SBATCH -o "./run_logs/carotidweb4.log"
-
-cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR
-
-ml gcc mvapich2 netcdf-c netcdf-cxx netcdf-fortran fftw
-
-# rm -r D/*
-
-cd ../../common
-make clean
-make 
-
-make clean
-make .depend
-make
-
-cd ../examples/carotid_web
-# srun ./initcond
-srun ./tube
-# timeout 7h srun ./tube 
-# EX_CODE=$?
-
-# echo "SLURM_JOB_EXIT_CODE" 
-# echo $SLURM_JOB_EXIT_CODE
-
-# move files to scratch, except for log file and restart.LATEST
-# cp -r D ~/../../../../scratch1/4/smanasreh6/carotid_web2
-# cd D
-# rm restart0* x*
-# cd ../
-
-# sbatch run.sbatch
-
-# if [[ ${EX_CODE} == 124 ]]; then 
-#   sbatch run.sbatch
-#   # scontrol requeue $SLURM_JOB_ID
-# fi
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diff --git a/examples/randomized_case/initcond.F90 b/examples/randomized_case/initcond.F90
index 6c839ec..aeb669b 100644
--- a/examples/randomized_case/initcond.F90
+++ b/examples/randomized_case/initcond.F90
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ program randomized_cell_gen
   nodeNum = nodeNum + 1
 
   !calculate number of cells for the defined hematocrit, assuming all blood cells are healthy RBCs for volume
-  !hematocrit = 4 * nrbc / (tube_radius^2 * tube_length)
+  !hematocrit = 4 * nrbc / (3 * tube_radius^2 * tube_length)
   nrbcMax = ((3*(tubelen*tuber**2*hematocrit))/4)
 
   if (rootWorld) write (*, *) "Num RBCs in simulation is ", nrbcMax
diff --git a/format.sh b/format.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d954e50..0000000
--- a/format.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "formatting example cases and common directory in"
-
-echo "$PWD"
-pip3 install --upgrade fprettify
-fprettify ./examples -r --indent 2
-fprettify ./common -r --indent 2
-
-echo "done"
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