diff --git a/chess.sh b/chess.sh
index f686999..e955fef 100755
--- a/chess.sh
+++ b/chess.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-GRAMMAR=`cat ./grammars/chess.gbnf`
+GRAMMAR=./grammars/chess.gbnf
 dune exec ./bin/simple_grammar.exe -- --llamacpp -s test4 -u "http://localhost:8080" -p "consider a consecutive series of types to describe the universe and universe of universes, what is your ordering?" -n 4 -g "${GRAMMAR}"
diff --git a/clang.sh b/clang.sh
index 55dde3b..e316796 100755
--- a/clang.sh
+++ b/clang.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-GRAMMAR=`cat ./grammars/c.gbnf`
+GRAMMAR=./grammars/c.gbnf
 dune exec ./bin/simple_grammar.exe -- --llamacpp -s clang2 -u "http://localhost:8080" -p "consider a consecutive series of types to describe the universe and universe of universes, what is your ordering? please create .c language declarations. " -n 4 -g "${GRAMMAR}"
diff --git a/gen_fold_simple.sh b/gen_fold_simple.sh
index 2f52e72..281bdcb 100755
--- a/gen_fold_simple.sh
+++ b/gen_fold_simple.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 GRAMMAR=./grammars/ebnf.ebnf
-GRAMMAR_C=$(cat $GRAMMAR)
 
 DS=$(date -Iseconds)
 PROMPT_NAME=lib/folder.ml
diff --git a/gen_grammar_simple.sh b/gen_grammar_simple.sh
index f513d43..549676d 100755
--- a/gen_grammar_simple.sh
+++ b/gen_grammar_simple.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 GRAMMAR=./grammars/ebnf.ebnf
-GRAMMAR_C=$(cat $GRAMMAR)
-
 DS=$(date -Iseconds)
 PROMPT_NAME=grammars/ebnf.ebnf
 PROMPT_NAME2=grammars/ebnf.ebnf.prompt
diff --git a/simple_grammar.sh b/simple_grammar.sh
index e4874ea..966de9d 100755
--- a/simple_grammar.sh
+++ b/simple_grammar.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GRAMMAR=$( cat ./grammars/ebnf.ebnf)
+GRAMMAR=./grammars/ebnf.ebnf
 echo  "consider a consecutive series of types to describe the universe and universe of universes, what is your ordering?"	> prompt.txt
 
 dune exec ./bin/simple_grammar.exe -- --llamacpp -s test4 -u "http://localhost:8080"  -n 4 -g "$GRAMMAR" -p prompt.txt