diff --git a/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner.py b/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner.py
index 52ac5f9..82cbc15 100755
--- a/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner.py
+++ b/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 #TODO test after conda pkg is published and make changes as needed 
-#from catalogbuilder.scripts import gen_intake_gfdl
-from . import gen_intake_gfdl
+from catalogbuilder.scripts import gen_intake_gfdl
+#from . import gen_intake_gfdl
 import sys
 
 input_path = "/archive/am5/am5/am5f3b1r0/c96L65_am5f3b1r0_pdclim1850F/gfdl.ncrc5-deploy-prod-openmp/pp/"
 output_path = "test"
-sys.argv = ['INPUT_PATH', input_path, output_path]
-print(sys.argv)
-gen_intake_gfdl.main()
+try:
+  gen_intake_gfdl.create_catalog(input_path,output_path)
+except:
+  sys.exit("Exception occured calling gen_intake_gfdl.create_catalog")