diff --git a/input.json b/input.json
index 2b3ee69..1e1244a 100755
--- a/input.json
+++ b/input.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "jgi_metaAssembly.input_files":["/global/cfs/cdirs/m3408/www/test_data/SRR13128014.pacbio.subsample.ccs.fastq.gz"],
-  "jgi_metaAssembly.proj":"nmdc:503125_160870",
+  "jgi_metaAssembly.input_files":["https://portal.nersc.gov/project/m3408//test_data/SRR13128014.pacbio.subsample.ccs.fastq.gz"],
+  "jgi_metaAssembly.proj":"nmdc:XXXXXXXXX",
   "jgi_metaAssembly.memory": "105G",
   "jgi_metaAssembly.threads": "16",
   "jgi_metaAssembly.shortRead": false
diff --git a/jgi_assembly.wdl b/jgi_assembly.wdl
index 2b9a163..c5101bb 100644
--- a/jgi_assembly.wdl
+++ b/jgi_assembly.wdl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ workflow jgi_metaAssembly {
         String? memory
         String? threads
         # longReads parameters
-        Array[String] input_files
+        Array[File] input_files
         String flye_container = "staphb/flye:2.9.2"
         String flye_parameters = "--meta -o flye -t 32 --pacbio-hifi"
         String smrtlink_container = "bryce911/smrtlink:12.0.0.177059"
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ workflow jgi_metaAssembly {
         String spades_container="staphb/spades:4.0.0"
     }
 
-
     if (shortRead) {
     	if (length(input_files) > 1) {
         	call int.make_interleaved_reads {
diff --git a/shortReads_assembly.wdl b/shortReads_assembly.wdl
index 22c92bc..b691099 100755
--- a/shortReads_assembly.wdl
+++ b/shortReads_assembly.wdl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ workflow jgi_metaASM {
         # String? outdir
         String? memory
         String? threads
-        String? input_file
+        File? input_file
         String proj
         String prefix=sub(proj, ":", "_")
         String rename_contig_prefix="scaffold"
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ workflow jgi_metaASM {
 task stage {
    input { 
    String container
-   String? input_file
+   File? input_file
    String memory = "4G"
    String target = "staged.fastq.gz"
    String output1 = "input.left.fastq.gz"
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ task stage {
    }
    runtime {
      cpu:  2
+     memory: "4 GiB"
      maxRetries: 1
      docker: container
    }
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ task create_agp {
     runtime {
             docker: container
             memory: "120 GiB"
-        cpu:  16
+            cpu:  16
      }
     command<<<
         set -euo pipefail