diff --git a/labelOpenPrs.js b/labelOpenPrs.js
index 87df34ebe5..2346a8545a 100644
--- a/labelOpenPrs.js
+++ b/labelOpenPrs.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'labels', 'user'];
       const guideFolderErrorsComment = guideFolderChecks(prFiles, username);
       if (guideFolderErrorsComment) {
         log.update(number, 'comment', guideFolderErrorsComment);
-        const result = await addComment(number, guideFolderErrorsComment);
+        if (process.env.PRODUCTION_RUN) {
+          const result = await addComment(number, guideFolderErrorsComment);
+        }
         await rateLimiter(process.env.RATELIMIT_INTERVAL | 1500);
         labelsToAdd['status: needs update'] = 1;
       }
@@ -70,7 +72,9 @@ const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'labels', 'user'];
       const newLabels = Object.keys(labelsToAdd).filter(label => !existingLabels.includes(label));
       if (newLabels.length) {
         log.update(number, 'labels', newLabels);
-        addLabels(number, newLabels, log);
+        if (process.env.PRODUCTION_RUN) {
+          addLabels(number, newLabels, log);
+        }
         await rateLimiter(process.env.RATELIMIT_INTERVAL | 1500);
       }
       else {
diff --git a/prProcessingLog.js b/prProcessingLog.js
index 85ca0d0fbe..493219e7f6 100644
--- a/prProcessingLog.js
+++ b/prProcessingLog.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const { saveToFile } = require('./fileFunctions');
 
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ class PrProcessingLog {
     this._lastPRlogged = null;
     this._finish = null;
     this._prs = {};
-    this._logfile = 'data/open-prs-processed.json';
+    //path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../guide');
+    this._logfile = path.resolve(__dirname, './data/open-prs-processed.json');
   }
 
   import() {
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 3e1d5c94b1..3be9bc0946 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 USERNAME='camperbot'
 ACCESS_TOKEN='replace this with a personal access token'
 REPOSITORY_OWNER='freeCodeCamp-rocks'
-REPOSITORY='freeCodeCamp'
\ No newline at end of file
+REPOSITORY='freeCodeCamp'
+RATELIMIT_INTERVAL=1500
+PRODUCTION_RUN=false