diff --git a/carbontracker.rc b/carbontracker.rc
index e0375e68097edda9bec6092f199b6b29078abd49..3b1b5d511f9ee91e076fdb29e5e1db1b844c0c93 100644
--- a/carbontracker.rc
+++ b/carbontracker.rc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 !datadir         : /lfs0/projects/co2/input/
 datadir         : /data/CO2/carbontracker/ct08/
 obs.input.dir   : ${datadir}/obsnc/with_fillvalue
-obs.input.fname : obs_final.nc
+obs.input.fname : obs_final
 ocn.covariance  : ${datadir}/oif_p3_era40.dpco2.2000.01.hdf 
 bio.covariance  : ${datadir}/covariance_bio_olson19.nc
 deltaco2.prefix : oif_p3_era40.dpco2
diff --git a/da.rc b/da.rc
index 6c651934d4f33c1da3d00f42c209987c49ee4fbf..8150ef18923b99580b073100e2ea9479041782db 100644
--- a/da.rc
+++ b/da.rc
@@ -2,20 +2,9 @@
 
 time.restart        : False
 time.start          : 2000-01-01 00:00:00
-time.finish         : 2000-01-08 00:00:00
+time.finish         : 2000-01-15 00:00:00
 time.cycle          : 7
 time.nlag           : 2
 dir.da_run          : ${HOME}/tmp/test_da
 
-! Info on the DA system used
-
-da.system           : CarbonTracker
-da.system.rc        : carbontracker.rc
-da.platform         : maunaloa
-
-
-! Info on the forward model to be used
-
-forecast.model      : TM5
-forecast.model.rc   : ${HOME}/Modeling/TM5/ct_new.rc
 forecast.nmembers   : 2
diff --git a/da/baseclasses/dasystem.py b/da/baseclasses/dasystem.py
index 8048ac552bd6dd2b7e32a900aa67f41e94ffb56b..1806f04ddcc053ca33b76483f9b1f3e44b44b2bf 100755
--- a/da/baseclasses/dasystem.py
+++ b/da/baseclasses/dasystem.py
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ class DaSystem(dict):
         to the dictionary
         """
 
+        self.Identifier     = 'CarbonTracker CO2'    # the identifier gives the platform name
+
         self.LoadRc(rcfilename)
 
+        msg  = 'Data Assimilation System initialized: %s'%self.Identifier ; logging.debug(msg)
+
+
     def __str__(self):
         """
         String representation of a DaInfo object
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ class DaSystem(dict):
         self.RcFileName     = RcFileName
         self.DaRcLoaded    = True
 
-        msg                 = 'DA System Info rc-file (%s) loaded successfully'%self.RcFileName ; logging.info(msg)
+        msg                 = 'DA System Info rc-file (%s) loaded successfully'%self.RcFileName ; logging.debug(msg)
 
         return True
 
diff --git a/da/baseclasses/platform.py b/da/baseclasses/platform.py
index 5c93c537d28004d53dcf058056f41cfbc4512fce..d6c8069e2e4c775aba409866b9dbc8d3b1d16248 100755
--- a/da/baseclasses/platform.py
+++ b/da/baseclasses/platform.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class PlatForm(object):
 
     def __str__(self):
 
-        return None
+        return self.Version
 
     def GetJobTemplate(self,joboptions={},block=False):
         """ 
diff --git a/da/platform/maunaloa.py b/da/platform/maunaloa.py
index a30dca84479dc3c3f483cac81df04d5288e06582..3da7a8f9b6c478e6d027fe94f00b89a67be77000 100755
--- a/da/platform/maunaloa.py
+++ b/da/platform/maunaloa.py
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ from da.baseclasses.platform import PlatForm
 
 class MaunaloaPlatForm(PlatForm):
     def __init__(self):
+
         self.Identifier     = 'WUR maunaloa'    # the identifier gives the platform name
         self.Version        = '1.0'     # the platform version used
 
-        msg1  = '%s platform object initialized'%self.Identifier ; logging.debug(msg1)
-        msg2  = '%s version: %s'%(self.Identifier,self.Version) ; logging.debug(msg2)
+        msg1  = 'Platform initialized: %s'%self.Identifier      ; logging.info(msg1)
+        #msg2  = '%s version: %s'%(self.Identifier,self.Version) ; logging.info(msg2)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/das.py b/das.py
index 7edf76f66a1b6f1978f1da10517e74d22419a72c..ed014195be19847693b37ecb8ebd21dc1ec0e002 100755
--- a/das.py
+++ b/das.py
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ dummy   = StartLogger()
 ### IMPORT THE APPLICATION SPECIFIC MODULES HERE, TO BE PASSED INTO THE MAIN PIPELINE!!! ##
 ###########################################################################################
 
-#from da.platform.maunaloa import MaunaloaPlatForm 
-from da.platform.jet import JetPlatForm 
+from da.platform.maunaloa import MaunaloaPlatForm 
+#from da.platform.jet import JetPlatForm 
 from da.ct.dasystem import CtDaSystem 
 from da.ct.statevector import CtStateVector 
 from da.ct.obs import CtObservations 
 from da.tm5.observationoperator import TM5ObservationOperator 
 from da.ct.optimizer import CtOptimizer
 
-#PlatForm    = MaunaloaPlatForm()
-PlatForm    = JetPlatForm()
-DaSystem    = CtDaSystem('carbontrackerjet.rc')
-StateVector = CtStateVector()
+PlatForm    = MaunaloaPlatForm()
+#PlatForm    = JetPlatForm()
+DaSystem    = CtDaSystem('carbontracker.rc')
+ObsOperator = TM5ObservationOperator('/Users/peters/Modeling/TM5/ct_new.rc')
 Samples     = CtObservations()
-ObsOperator = TM5ObservationOperator()
+StateVector = CtStateVector()
 Optimizer   = CtOptimizer()
 
 ##########################################################################################