diff --git a/bin/validate_metadata.py b/bin/validate_metadata.py
index 079bfc27..d131011d 100755
--- a/bin/validate_metadata.py
+++ b/bin/validate_metadata.py
@@ -73,13 +73,10 @@ def metadata_validation_main():
 			sample_df = final_df.iloc[row].to_frame().transpose()
 			sample_df = sample_df.set_index('sequence_name')
 			sample_dfs[final_df.iloc[row]['sequence_name']] = sample_df
-		# now export the .xlsx file as a .tsv and csv
+		# now export the .xlsx file as a .tsv 
 		for sample in sample_dfs.keys():
 			tsv_file = f'{parameters["output_dir"]}/{parameters["file_name"]}/tsv_per_sample/{sample}.tsv'
 			sample_dfs[sample].to_csv(tsv_file, sep="\t")
-			# *** Added this to export to csv as well *** #
-			csv_file = f'{parameters["output_dir"]}/{parameters["file_name"]}/tsv_per_sample/{sample}.csv'
-			sample_dfs[sample].to_csv(csv_file)
 			print(f'\nMetadata Validation was Successful!!!\n')
 	else:
 		print(f'\nMetadata Validation Failed Please Consult : {parameters["output_dir"]}/{parameters["file_name"]}/errors/full_error.txt for a Detailed List\n')
diff --git a/conf/test_params.config b/conf/test_params.config
index 4808be52..67effabd 100644
--- a/conf/test_params.config
+++ b/conf/test_params.config
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ params {
         submission_prod_or_test        = "test" // "prod" if submitting
         submission_wait_time           = 'calc'
         send_submission_email          = false
-        submission_config              = "${projectDir}/bin/config_files/config_kk.yaml" 
+        submission_config              = "${projectDir}/bin/config_files/default_config.yaml" 
         submission_database            = "submit"  // must be either: 'submit' (follows existing config), 'genbank', 'sra', 'gisaid', 'biosample', 'joint_sra_biosample', or 'all'
         // batch_name                     = "batch1"
 
diff --git a/modules/local/general_util/merge_upload_log/main.nf b/modules/local/general_util/merge_upload_log/main.nf
index db0c8cd7..ca65780e 100644
--- a/modules/local/general_util/merge_upload_log/main.nf
+++ b/modules/local/general_util/merge_upload_log/main.nf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 */
 process MERGE_UPLOAD_LOG {
     
-    publishDir "$params.output_dir/$params.submission_output_dir/$annotation_name", mode: 'copy', overwrite: params.overwrite_output
+    publishDir "$params.output_dir/$params.submission_output_dir/", mode: 'copy', overwrite: params.overwrite_output
 
     conda (params.enable_conda ? params.env_yml : null)
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ process MERGE_UPLOAD_LOG {
     input:
     path submission_files
     path submission_log
-    val annotation_name
 
     script:
     """
diff --git a/modules/local/initial_submission/main_full.nf b/modules/local/initial_submission/main_full.nf
index 931f7c76..95dda45a 100644
--- a/modules/local/initial_submission/main_full.nf
+++ b/modules/local/initial_submission/main_full.nf
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ process SUBMISSION_FULL {
     input:
     tuple val(meta), path(validated_meta_path), path(fasta_path), path(fastq_1), path(fastq_2), path(annotations_path)
     path submission_config
-    val annotation_name
 
     // define the command line arguments based on the value of params.submission_test_or_prod, params.send_submission_email
     def test_flag = params.submission_prod_or_test == 'test' ? '--test' : ''
diff --git a/modules/local/initial_submission/main_genbank.nf b/modules/local/initial_submission/main_genbank.nf
index 23a21be2..9b9f4bac 100644
--- a/modules/local/initial_submission/main_genbank.nf
+++ b/modules/local/initial_submission/main_genbank.nf
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ process SUBMISSION_GENBANK {
     input:
     tuple val(meta), path(validated_meta_path), path(fasta_path), path(fastq_1), path(fastq_2), path(annotations_path)
     path submission_config
-    val annotation_name
 
     // define the command line arguments based on the value of params.submission_test_or_prod, params.send_submission_email
     def test_flag = params.submission_prod_or_test == 'test' ? '--test' : ''
diff --git a/modules/local/initial_submission/main_sra.nf b/modules/local/initial_submission/main_sra.nf
index 7697771b..e2079929 100644
--- a/modules/local/initial_submission/main_sra.nf
+++ b/modules/local/initial_submission/main_sra.nf
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ process SUBMISSION_SRA {
     input:
     tuple val(meta), path(validated_meta_path), path(fasta_path), path(fastq_1), path(fastq_2)
     path submission_config
-    val annotation_name
 
     // define the command line arguments based on the value of params.submission_test_or_prod
     def test_flag = params.submission_prod_or_test == 'test' ? '--test' : ''
diff --git a/modules/local/metadata_validation/main.nf b/modules/local/metadata_validation/main.nf
index 4e25ec24..ced231d2 100644
--- a/modules/local/metadata_validation/main.nf
+++ b/modules/local/metadata_validation/main.nf
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ process METADATA_VALIDATION {
     """
     validate_metadata.py \
         --meta_path $meta_path \
-        --output_dir $params.val_output_dir \
+        --output_dir . \
         --custom_fields_file $params.custom_fields_file \
         --validate_custom_fields $params.validate_custom_fields
     """
 
     output:
-    path "$params.val_output_dir/*/tsv_per_sample/*.tsv", emit: tsv_Files
-    path "$params.val_output_dir/*/tsv_per_sample/*.csv", emit: csv_Files
-    path "$params.val_output_dir/*/tsv_per_sample", emit: tsv_dir
-    path "$params.val_output_dir/*/errors", emit: errors
+    path "*/tsv_per_sample/*.tsv", emit: tsv_Files
+    // path "*/tsv_per_sample", emit: tsv_dir
+    path "*/errors", emit: errors
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/local/update_submission/main.nf b/modules/local/update_submission/main.nf
index 8ffde5fa..0bb6606d 100644
--- a/modules/local/update_submission/main.nf
+++ b/modules/local/update_submission/main.nf
@@ -7,18 +7,17 @@ process UPDATE_SUBMISSION {
 
     // label 'main'
 
-    publishDir "$params.output_dir/$params.submission_output_dir/$annotation_name", mode: 'copy', overwrite: true
+    publishDir "$params.output_dir/$params.submission_output_dir/", mode: 'copy', overwrite: true
 
     conda (params.enable_conda ? params.env_yml : null)
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
         'cdcgov/seqsender-dev' : 'cdcgov/seqsender-dev' }"
 
     input:
-    val wait
+    val wait_time
     path submission_config
     path submission_output
     path submission_log
-    val annotation_name
     
     def test_flag = params.submission_prod_or_test == 'test' ? '--test' : ''
     script:
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/submission.nf b/subworkflows/local/submission.nf
index 8d515a74..ebab8ee5 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/submission.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/submission.nf
@@ -23,48 +23,39 @@ workflow INITIAL_SUBMISSION {
         // submit the files to database of choice (after fixing config and getting wait time)
         if ( params.genbank && params.sra ){ // genbank and sra
             // submit the files to database of choice (after fixing config and getting wait time)
-            SUBMISSION_FULL ( submission_ch, submission_config, '' )
+            SUBMISSION_FULL ( submission_ch, submission_config )
             
             // actual process to initiate wait 
             WAIT ( SUBMISSION_FULL.out.submission_files.collect(), wait_time )
 
             // process for updating the submitted samples
-            UPDATE_SUBMISSION (  WAIT.out, submission_config, SUBMISSION_FULL.out.submission_files, SUBMISSION_FULL.out.submission_log, '' )
-
-            // combine the different upload_log csv files together 
-            // MERGE_UPLOAD_LOG ( UPDATE_SUBMISSION.out.submission_files.collect(), '' )
+            UPDATE_SUBMISSION ( WAIT.out, submission_config, SUBMISSION_FULL.out.submission_files, SUBMISSION_FULL.out.submission_log )
         }
 
         if ( !params.genbank && params.sra ){ //only sra
-            SUBMISSION_SRA ( submission_ch, submission_config, '' )
+            SUBMISSION_SRA ( submission_ch, submission_config )
             // actual process to initiate wait 
             WAIT ( SUBMISSION_SRA.out.submission_files.collect(), wait_time )
 
             // process for updating the submitted samples
-            UPDATE_SUBMISSION ( WAIT.out, submission_config, SUBMISSION_SRA.out.submission_files, SUBMISSION_SRA.out.submission_log, '' )
-
-            // combine the different upload_log csv files together 
-            // MERGE_UPLOAD_LOG ( UPDATE_SUBMISSION.out.submission_files.collect(), '' )
+            UPDATE_SUBMISSION ( WAIT.out, submission_config, SUBMISSION_SRA.out.submission_files, SUBMISSION_SRA.out.submission_log )
         }
 
-        if ( params.genbank && !params.sra ){ //only genbank, fastq_ch can be empty
+        if ( params.genbank && !params.sra ){ //only genbank
         // submit the files to database of choice (after fixing config and getting wait time)
-            SUBMISSION_GENBANK ( submission_ch, submission_config, '' )
+            SUBMISSION_GENBANK ( submission_ch, submission_config )
             
             // actual process to initiate wait 
             WAIT ( SUBMISSION_GENBANK.out.submission_files.collect(), wait_time )
 
             // process for updating the submitted samples
-            UPDATE_SUBMISSION ( WAIT.out, submission_config, SUBMISSION_GENBANK.out.submission_files, SUBMISSION_GENBANK.out.submission_log, '' )
-
-            // combine the different upload_log csv files together 
-            // MERGE_UPLOAD_LOG ( UPDATE_SUBMISSION.out.submission_files.collect(), '' )
+            UPDATE_SUBMISSION ( WAIT.out, submission_config, SUBMISSION_GENBANK.out.submission_files, SUBMISSION_GENBANK.out.submission_log )
         }
 
     emit:
         submission_files = UPDATE_SUBMISSION.out.submission_files
         submission_log = UPDATE_SUBMISSION.out.submission_log
 
-        //ToDo add GISAID module
+        //to do: add GISAID module
         
 }
diff --git a/workflows/tostadas.nf b/workflows/tostadas.nf
index b6c16316..c281bfed 100644
--- a/workflows/tostadas.nf
+++ b/workflows/tostadas.nf
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ workflow TOSTADAS {
 
     // Generate the fasta and fastq paths
     reads_ch = 
-        METADATA_VALIDATION.out.csv_Files
+        METADATA_VALIDATION.out.tsv_Files
         .flatten()
-        .splitCsv(header: true)
+        .splitCsv(header: true, sep: "\t")
         .map { row ->
-            meta = [id:row.sequence_name]
             fasta_path = row.fasta_path ? file(row.fasta_path) : null
             fastq1 = row.fastq_path_1 ? file(row.fastq_path_1) : null
             fastq2 = row.fastq_path_2 ? file(row.fastq_path_2) : null
+            meta = [id:row.sequence_name]
             [meta, fasta_path, fastq1, fastq2]
         }
 
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ workflow TOSTADAS {
         // todo test update submission
         if ( params.update_submission ) {
             UPDATE_SUBMISSION (
+                '',
                 params.submission_config, 
                 INITIAL_SUBMISSION.out.submission_files,
                 INITIAL_SUBMISSION.out.submission_log,
-                ''
             )
         }
         // combine the different upload_log csv files together 
@@ -190,13 +190,12 @@ workflow TOSTADAS {
             MERGE_UPLOAD_LOG ( 
                 INITIAL_SUBMISSION.out.submission_files.collect(), 
                 INITIAL_SUBMISSION.out.submission_log.collect(), 
-                '' )
+                )
         }
         else {
             MERGE_UPLOAD_LOG ( 
                 UPDATE_SUBMISSION.out.submission_files.collect(), 
                 UPDATE_SUBMISSION.out.submission_log.collect(), 
-                ''
             )
         }