diff --git a/src/lsfastafs.cpp b/src/lsfastafs.cpp
index daeb2725..9fd654a4 100644
--- a/src/lsfastafs.cpp
+++ b/src/lsfastafs.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ std::unordered_multimap<std::string, std::pair<std::string, std::string> > get_f
             
             std::string basename = basename_cpp(fn);
             //std::string basename = std::filesystem::path(fn).filename();
-            std::cout << "basename: " << basename << "\n";
+            //std::cout << "basename: " << basename << "\n";
             
             std::string dict_fn = std::string(mount_dir)  + "/" +  basename +  ".dict";
 
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 0c8c8601..446ad08c 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -176,29 +176,28 @@ bool is_fasta_file(char *filename)
 // https://www.systutorials.com/241216/how-to-get-the-directory-path-and-file-name-from-a-absolute-path-in-c-on-linux/
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38456127/what-is-the-value-of-cplusplus-for-c17 - THEN use std::filesystem::path(filename).filename();
 std::string basename_cpp(std::string fn) {
-	//char* ts1 = strdup(local_file);
-	char* ts2 = strdup(fn.c_str());
+	char* ts = strdup(fn.c_str());
 	
 	//char* dir = dirname(ts1);
-	char* filename = basename(ts2);
-	std::string filenamepp = std::string(filename);
+	char* filename = basename(ts);
+	//std::string filenamepp = std::string(filename);
 
-	printf("basename: [%s]\n", filename);
-	std::cout << "basenamepp: |" << filenamepp << "|\n";
+	//printf("basename: [%s]\n", filename);
+	//std::cout << "basenamepp: |" << filenamepp << "|\n";
 	
-	return filenamepp;
+	return std::string(filename);
 }
 
 
 // https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/how-to-get-the-full-path-of-a-file-in-c-841046/
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38456127/what-is-the-value-of-cplusplus-for-c17 - THEN use std::filesystem::canonical(filename)
 std::string realpath_cpp(std::string fn) {
-	std::string out = "asd";
+	//std::string out = "asd";
 	char *path = realpath(fn.c_str(), NULL);
-	printf("realpath: [%s]\n", path);
+	//printf("realpath: [%s]\n", path);
 
-	std::string realpathpp = std::string(path);
-	std::cout << "realpath: |" << realpathpp << "|\n";
+	//std::string realpathpp = std::string(path);
+	//std::cout << "realpath: |" << realpathpp << "|\n";
 	
-	return realpathpp;
+	return std::string(path);
 }