diff --git a/models/inside-cattle/scripts/build_fba_network.py b/models/inside-cattle/scripts/build_fba_network.py
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--- a/models/inside-cattle/scripts/build_fba_network.py
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-############################################# BUILD FBA NETWORK ###############################################
-# sydney sherwood <s3sherwo@uwaterloo.ca>
-# july 19, 2024
-
-# dependencies
-import cobra
-from cobra import *
-import os
-import d3flux as d3f
-from d3flux.core.flux_layouts import render_model
-from jinja2 import Template
-
-curdir = os.getcwd()
-print(curdir);
-
-# load in SBML file for methanobrevibacter ruminantium M1 - to run, download this from AGORA
-m_ruminantium = cobra.io.read_sbml_model(f"{curdir}/../data/M_Methanobrevibacter_ruminantium_M1__44____32__AGORA__32__version__32__1__46__03.sbml")
-
-# by default, the network is set to optimize biomass production. set the objective function to also minimize the methane production and biomass production.
-m_ruminantium.reactions.get_by_id('EX_ch4(e)').objective_coefficient = 1.0
-m_ruminantium.reactions.get_by_id("EX_ch4(e)").upper_bound = 10000
-
-# double-check objective function
-# print(m_ruminantium.objective)
-
-# optimize on 'minimum' setting, return the objective value of solution
-solution = m_ruminantium.optimize(min).objective_value
-print(solution)
-
-summary = m_ruminantium.summary()
-print(summary)
-
-# visualize the model
-custom_css = \
-"""
-{% for item in items %}
-text#{{ item }} {
-    font-weight: 900;
-}
-{% endfor %}
-text.cofactor {
-    fill: #778899;
-}
-"""
-
-css = Template(custom_css).render(items=['succ_c', 'ac_c', 'etoh_c', 'for_c', 'co2_c', 'lac__D_c'])
-from cobra.flux_analysis import pfba
-pfba = pfba(m_ruminantium)
-
-html = d3f.flux_map(m_ruminantium, custom_css=css,figsize =(520, 660), default_flux_width=2.5, fontsize=14)
-
-with open("../assets/m_ruminantium_flux.html", "w") as file:
-    file.write(str(html))
-
-# html.save("m_ruminantium_flux.svg")
-print(html)
-
-# im gna hold off on the rest of the constraint stuff im working on rn cause haha it's bad but this should print the barebones network;)
diff --git a/models/inside-cattle/scripts/build_metabolic_network.py b/models/inside-cattle/scripts/build_metabolic_network.py
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+++ b/models/inside-cattle/scripts/build_metabolic_network.py
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+############################################# BUILD METABOLIC NETWORK ###############################################
+# dependencies
+import cobra
+from cobra import *
+import os
+import d3flux as d3f
+from d3flux.core.flux_layouts import render_model
+from jinja2 import Template
+
+curdir = os.getcwd()
+
+# load in SBML file for methanobrevibacter ruminantium M1 - to run, download this from AGORA
+m_ruminantium = cobra.io.read_sbml_model(f"{curdir}/M_Methanobrevibacter_ruminantium_M1__44____32__AGORA__32__version__32__1__46__03.sbml")
+
+optimize = False # set this to run an optimization to minimize biomass
+
+if optimize:
+    # by default, the network is set to optimize biomass production when a flux balance analysis is run. set the objective function to also minimize the methane production and biomass production.
+    # preview objective function
+    print(m_ruminantium.objective)
+
+    # optimize on 'minimum' setting, return the objective value of solution
+    solution = m_ruminantium.optimize(min).objective_value
+
+    # preview solution
+    print(solution)
+
+summary = m_ruminantium.summary()
+print("Flux balance saved to 'assets/m_ruminantium_flux.txt'.")
+
+# with open("../assets/m_ruminantium_flux.txt", "w") as file:
+with open(f"{curdir}/assets/m_ruminantium_flux.txt", "w") as file:
+    file.write(f"{summary}")