diff --git a/asci_to_vault.py b/asci_to_vault.py
index 637d752d63d236bf92ff687868c17c72abd414ee..9433c0f7f4abfe25dd83eed5ad47ce3e0fa9e572 100644
--- a/asci_to_vault.py
+++ b/asci_to_vault.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import time
 from fabric import Connection
 
 
-READ_PICKLE_FILE = False
+READ_PICKLE_FILE = True
 EXPERIMENT_NAME = "13660b"
 PICKLE_FILENAME = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "tree_state.pickle")
 timestamp = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def tar_and_send_directory(node):
     # add check to make sure connection is working
     with Connection(REMOTE_LOGIN) as c:
         files = c.run(
-            f'cd {node.src}; find -type f -maxdepth 1',
+            rf"cd {node.src}; find -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf '%f\n'",
             echo=True
         )
         files = files.stdout.strip()
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def tar_and_send_directory(node):
         #     print(f'Connection failed on {node.src}')
         #     node.error = "Connection failure on initial file find"
         #     return
-    node.count = files.count('/')
+    node.count = files.count('\n')
 
     print(f'Node:{node.src}, file count:{node.count}')
     if node.count == 0:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def tar_and_send_directory(node):
         # Only one file. No need to tar. Just copy unchanged.
         output = subprocess.run(
             f"ssh {REMOTE_LOGIN} 'cd {node.src};"
-            f"find -type f -maxdepth 1 | cpio -o' |"
+            rf"find -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf '%f\n' | cpio -o' |"
             f"cat > {node.dest}/{files}",
             shell=True,
             check=True
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ def tar_and_send_directory(node):
 
         output = subprocess.run(
             f"ssh {REMOTE_LOGIN} 'cd {node.src};"
-            f"find -type f -maxdepth 1 -print0 | cpio -o -H ustar -0' |"
-            f"cat > {node.dest}/{filename}.tar",
+            rf"find -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf '%f\n' -print0 |"
+            f"cpio -o -H ustar -0' | cat > {node.dest}/{filename}.tar",
             shell=True,
             check=True
         )