diff --git a/gh_gsql_req.py b/gh_gsql_req.py
index 28c9cbd..b708a1b 100644
--- a/gh_gsql_req.py
+++ b/gh_gsql_req.py
@@ -58,9 +58,13 @@ def get_discussion_gql(repo_owner, repo_name):
     data =  {"query" : data_string}
     data_json = json.dumps(data)
     headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept-Charset': 'UTF-8', 'Authorization': 'bearer ' + key}
-    r = requests.post(url=url, data=data_json, headers=headers)
-    print(r.content)
-    return r.json()
+    try:
+        r = requests.post(url=url, data=data_json, headers=headers)
+        print(r.content)
+        return r.json()
+    except:
+        print("issue somewhere with getting gsql stuff")
+        return {}
 
 def within_time(comment_content, early_cutoff):
     try: 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 0cba741..ceb8646 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_everything(manifest_path, early_cutoff):
             largest_object[repo_path]['ghs_obj'] = ghs.main(vcs_path, early_cutoff)
             #print(ghs_obj["time_cleaned_comm"])
             repo_uri_list = repo_path.split('/')
-            with open('/data/users/mgaughan/kkex_data_110823_1/' + repo_uri_list[-2]  + '_' + repo_uri_list[-1] + '_result.json', 'w') as data_path:
+            with open('/data/users/mgaughan/kkex_data_110823_2/' + repo_uri_list[-2]  + '_' + repo_uri_list[-1] + '_result.json', 'w') as data_path:
                 json.dump(largest_object[repo_path], data_path)
 
         except yaml.YAMLError as err: