diff --git a/karthik_ec2.py b/karthik_ec2.py
index 92e8865c8b9b54a940a85028354e69bdb04b6949..7b5c41e08825e1f87380521a09ca42bfc1752723 100644
--- a/karthik_ec2.py
+++ b/karthik_ec2.py
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 import math, random, sys, json
 from statistics import mean, stdev
 
-
 try:
-    # Read and parse the incoming JSON payload
     input_data = sys.stdin.read()
     event = json.loads(input_data)
 
@@ -19,29 +17,27 @@ try:
     if None in [dt, close, buy, sell, h, d, t]:
         raise ValueError("Missing one or more necessary keys in the input data.")
 
-    minhistory = h
-    shots = d
     var95 = []
-    var99= []
+    var99 = []
     dates = []
 
-    for i in range(minhistory, len(close)):
+    for i in range(h, len(close)):
         if t == "buy" and buy[i] == 1:
-            close_data = close[i-minhistory:i]
+            close_data = close[i-h:i]
             pct_change = [(close_data[j] - close_data[j-1]) / close_data[j-1] for j in range(1, len(close_data))]
             mn = mean(pct_change)
             std = stdev(pct_change)
-            simulated = [random.gauss(mn, std) for _ in range(shots)]
+            simulated = [random.gauss(mn, std) for _ in range(d)]
             simulated.sort(reverse=True)
             var95.append(simulated[int(len(simulated) * 0.95)])
             var99.append(simulated[int(len(simulated) * 0.99)])
             dates.append(str(dt[i]))
         elif t == "sell" and sell[i] == 1:
-            close_data = close[i-minhistory:i]
+            close_data = close[i-h:i]
             pct_change = [(close_data[j] - close_data[j-1]) / close_data[j-1] for j in range(1, len(close_data))]
             mn = mean(pct_change)
             std = stdev(pct_change)
-            simulated = [random.gauss(mn, std) for _ in range(shots)]
+            simulated = [random.gauss(mn, std) for _ in range(d)]
             simulated.sort(reverse=True)
             var95.append(simulated[int(len(simulated) * 0.95)])
             var99.append(simulated[int(len(simulated) * 0.99)])
@@ -53,15 +49,12 @@ try:
         "var99": var99
     }
 
-    logging.debug(f"Produced output: {json.dumps(output)}")
-
     print("Content-Type: application/json")
     print()
     print(json.dumps(output))
 
 except Exception as e:
     error_message = str(e)
-    logging.error(f"Error: {error_message}")
     print("Content-Type: text/plain")
     print()
-    print(error_message)
\ No newline at end of file
+    print(error_message)