diff --git a/templates/runtime_config.jsonc b/templates/runtime_config.jsonc
index 01bc3a93a..902d3346a 100755
--- a/templates/runtime_config.jsonc
+++ b/templates/runtime_config.jsonc
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
   // code directory. Environment variables (eg, $HOME) can be referenced with a
   // "$" and will be expended to their current values when the framework runs.
   // Full or relative path to model data ESM-intake catalog header file
-  "DATA_CATALOG": "../diagnostics/example_multicase/esm_catalog_CMIP_synthetic_r1i1p1f1_gr1.json",
+
+  "DATA_CATALOG": "./diagnostics/example_multicase/esm_catalog_CMIP_synthetic_r1i1p1f1_gr1.json",
+
   // Backwards compatibility
   "MODEL_DATA_ROOT": "../inputdata/mdtf_test_data",
   // Parent directory containing observational data used by individual PODs.
diff --git a/templates/runtime_config.yml b/templates/runtime_config.yml
index c1ece3b15..e5c6496cb 100755
--- a/templates/runtime_config.yml
+++ b/templates/runtime_config.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ case_list:
     enddate: "19891231:000000"
 
 ### Data location settings ###
-# Required: full path to ESM-intake catalog header file
-#DATA_CATALOG: "/local2/home/mdtf/MDTF-diagnostics/tools/catalog_builder/examples/gfdl/esm_catalog_DECK_ESM4_historical_D1_atmos_ts_monthly_5yr_subset.json"
-DATA_CATALOG: "/local2/home/mdtf/MDTF-diagnostics/tools/catalog_builder/examples/gfdl/esm_catalog_DECK_ESM4_historical_D1_at
+# Required: full or relative path to ESM-intake catalog header file
+DATA_CATALOG: "./diagnostics/example_multicase/esm_catalog_CMIP_synthetic_r1i1p1f1_gr1.json"
 # Optional: Parent directory containing observational data used by individual PODs.
 # If defined, the framework assumes observational data is in OBS_DATA_ROOT/[POD_NAME]
 OBS_DATA_ROOT: "../inputdata/obs_data"
@@ -64,10 +63,8 @@ overwrite: False
 ### Developer settings ###
 # Set to True to run the preprocessor
 run_pp: True
-# Set to True to run unit tests
-unit_test: False
 # Additional custom preprocessing scripts to run on data
 # place these scripts in the MDTF-diagnostics/user_scripts directory
 # The framework will run the specified scripts whether run_pp is set to True or False
 user_pp_scripts:
-  - ""
\ No newline at end of file
+  - ""