diff --git a/app/plot_sst/rose-app.conf b/app/plot_sst/rose-app.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 688988552e5f83af2887ebf69c9db56d92cb1ca2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/plot_sst/rose-app.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[command]
-default = today_output=/${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${START_DAY}/${GRID}_0001.nc;
-		python3 plot_var.py ${today_output} temp 8 18; python3 plot_var.py ${today_output} salinity 31 36;
-		mkdir /${PLOT_DIR}/${START_DAY}/; mv *.png /${PLOT_DIR}/${START_DAY}/
diff --git a/app/plot_surf_vars/.rose-app.conf.swp b/app/plot_surf_vars/.rose-app.conf.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95192f329170780da4b62efb106354a713f916a4
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/plot_surf_vars/.rose-app.conf.swp differ
diff --git a/app/plot_sst/file/plot_var.py b/app/plot_surf_vars/file/plot_var.py
similarity index 99%
rename from app/plot_sst/file/plot_var.py
rename to app/plot_surf_vars/file/plot_var.py
index 7ac24e472efbabaa83c91c13e561d06ef97f44ae..54b55826e8c1e562670bb0f9ec41218f0efda2bd 100644
--- a/app/plot_sst/file/plot_var.py
+++ b/app/plot_surf_vars/file/plot_var.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ fname = sys.argv[1]
 var = sys.argv[2]
 clim = [float(sys.argv[3]), float(sys.argv[4])]
 
+print(fname)
 
 cmap = pt.plotting.pmlcmaps(var)
 pool_size = 4
diff --git a/app/plot_surf_vars/rose-app.conf b/app/plot_surf_vars/rose-app.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..35e6f7b8d86d35208e5b7eb81a9d7b33cb2922c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/plot_surf_vars/rose-app.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[command]
+default = today_output=/${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${START_DAY}/${GRID_NAME}_0001.nc; echo ${today_output}
+		python3 plot_var.py ${today_output} temp 8 18; python3 plot_var.py ${today_output} salinity 31 36;
+		mkdir -p /${PLOT_DIR}/${START_DAY}/; mv *.png /${PLOT_DIR}/${START_DAY}/
diff --git a/suite.rc b/suite.rc
index 400e25846471899c2e5a0e600a7c69d5ead10189..599f4dae6839e76f5b730e24daa062fabfa8568f 100644
--- a/suite.rc
+++ b/suite.rc
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
 {% else %}
 					write_run_namelist => run_fvcom => transfer_data
 {% endif %}
-					run_fvcom => nan_check & plot_sst
+					run_fvcom => nan_check 
+					transfer_data => plot_surf_vars
 
 
 					"""
@@ -303,4 +304,4 @@
 			"""
 	[[nan_check]]
 		inherit = remote_job
-	[[plot_sst]]	
+	[[plot_surf_vars]]