diff --git a/bin/check_preds.py b/bin/check_preds.py
index f68a9ea3b..0d8c35203 100644
--- a/bin/check_preds.py
+++ b/bin/check_preds.py
@@ -6,44 +6,46 @@
 
 fpaths = sys.argv[1:]
 
+PRED_VAR = "pred_pr"
+META_VARS = (
+    "rotated_latitude_longitude",
+    "time_bnds",
+    "grid_latitude_bnds",
+    "grid_longitude_bnds",
+)
 
-def check(pred_ds):
+PRED_PR_ATTRS = {
+    "grid_mapping": "rotated_latitude_longitude",
+    "standard_name": "pred_pr",
+    "units": "kg m-2 s-1",
+}
 
-    pred_var = "pred_pr"
-    meta_vars = (
-        "rotated_latitude_longitude",
-        "time_bnds",
-        "grid_latitude_bnds",
-        "grid_longitude_bnds",
-    )
 
-    errors = []
+def fix(pred_ds):
+    pred_ds[PRED_VAR] = pred_ds[PRED_VAR].assign_attrs(PRED_PR_ATTRS)
+    for var in META_VARS:
+        pred_ds[var] = pred_ds[var].isel(ensemble_member=0, time=0)
+
+    return pred_ds
+
 
-    pred_pr_attrs = {
-        "grid_mapping": "rotated_latitude_longitude",
-        "standard_name": "pred_pr",
-        "units": "kg m-2 s-1",
-    }
+def check(pred_ds):
+    errors = []
 
     try:
         assert (
-            pred_ds[pred_var].attrs == pred_pr_attrs
-        ), f"Bad attrs on {pred_var}: {pred_ds[pred_var].attrs}"
+            pred_ds[PRED_VAR].attrs == PRED_PR_ATTRS
+        ), f"Bad attrs on {PRED_VAR}: {pred_ds[PRED_VAR].attrs}"
     except AssertionError as e:
         errors.append(e)
 
-    # pred_ds[var] = pred_ds[var].assign_attrs(pred_pr_attrs)
-
-    for var in meta_vars:
-        # print(var, pred_ds[var].dims)
+    for var in META_VARS:
         try:
             assert ("ensemble_member" not in pred_ds[var].dims) and (
                 "time" not in pred_ds[var].dims
             ), f"Bad dims on {var}: {pred_ds[var].dims}"
         except AssertionError as e:
             errors.append(e)
-        # pred_ds[var] = pred_ds[var].isel(ensemble_member=0, time=0)
-        # print(var, pred_ds[var].dims)
 
     return errors
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ def check(pred_ds):
 with logging_redirect_tqdm():
     with tqdm(
         total=len(fpaths),
-        desc=f"CHecking prediction files",
+        desc=f"Checking prediction files",
         unit=" files",
     ) as pbar:
         for fpath in fpaths:
@@ -65,4 +67,20 @@ def check(pred_ds):
                     print(e)
             pbar.update(1)
 
-    # print(pred_ds)
+# with logging_redirect_tqdm():
+#     with tqdm(
+#         total=len(fpaths),
+#         desc=f"Fixing prediction files",
+#         unit=" files",
+#     ) as pbar:
+#         for fpath in fpaths:
+#             pred_ds = xr.open_dataset(fpath)
+#             # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+#             pred_ds = fix(pred_ds)
+#             errors = check(pred_ds)
+
+#             if len(errors) > 0:
+#                 print(f"Errors in {fpath}:")
+#                 for e in errors:
+#                     print(e)
+#             pbar.update(1)