diff --git a/groundStation/scripts/eric.sh b/groundStation/scripts/eric.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b84457723c09faed7f8854d47e156010357e7725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/groundStation/scripts/eric.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+#inner loop
+#./setparam 'roll rate pid' 'kp' 2000
+#./setparam 'roll rate pid' 'ki' 0
+#./setparam 'roll rate pid' 'kd' 0
+
+#./setparam 'pitch rate pid' 'kp' 2000
+#./setparam 'pitch rate pid' 'ki' 0
+#./setparam 'pitch rate pid' 'kd' 0
+
+#./setparam 'roll pid' 'kp' 10
+#./setparam 'roll pid' 'ki' 0
+
+#./setparam 'pitch pid' 'kp' 10
+#./setparam 'pitch pid' 'ki' 0
+
+#outer loop
+./setparam 'X pos PID' 'kp' -0.015
+./setparam 'X pos PID' 'ki' -0.0005
+./setparam 'X pos PID' 'kd' -0.25
+./setparam 'X pos PID' 'alpha' 0.88
+
+./setparam 'Y pos PID' 'kp' 0.015
+./setparam 'Y pos PID' 'ki' 0.0005
+./setparam 'Y pos PID' 'kd' 0.25
+./setparam 'Y pos PID' 'alpha' 0.88
diff --git a/groundStation/src/backend/backend.c b/groundStation/src/backend/backend.c
index ca26d7b18aae10e9debbf8d369cbf6b1282c87d2..9ebf7752ba869da017f552a28efa43b5dd213a9b 100644
--- a/groundStation/src/backend/backend.c
+++ b/groundStation/src/backend/backend.c
@@ -210,13 +210,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		strncat(user_specified_log_name, argv[1], strlen(argv[1]));
 	}
 
-	char log_file[256];
-	create_log_name(log_file, 256);
-
-	printf("Creating log file '%s'...\n",log_file);
-	quadlog_file = fopen(log_file, "a");
-	quadlog_file_open = 1;
-
 	if(!getenv(NOVRPN_ENV)){
 		printf("Creating VRPN tracker...\n");
 		// create vrpnTracker instance