diff --git a/tests/scripts/paper_2025.sh b/tests/scripts/paper_2025.sh
index 163f2aa..76f04b8 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/paper_2025.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/paper_2025.sh
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ files=(
     "$OUT/Case1/Case_1_difference_site_pres_pressure.png"
 )
 
-missing_file="test_outputs/missing_paper_2025_files.txt"
+missing_file="test_outputs/missing_publication_files.txt"
 missing=0
 
-rm -f "$missing_file"
-
 for f in "${files[@]}"; do
     if [[ ! -f "$f" ]]; then
         echo "$f" >> "$missing_file"
diff --git a/tests/scripts/paper_ecmor2026.sh b/tests/scripts/paper_ecmor2026.sh
index 0597fff..aff3d25 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/paper_ecmor2026.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/paper_ecmor2026.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HOME="$PWD"
+WHR="$PWD"
 OUT="test_outputs/paper_ecmor2026"
 . tests/scripts/initialize_output_folders.sh $OUT
 . tests/scripts/get_plopm.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd ../results_2d_synthetic_model
 python3 figure3_table1.py
 cd ../results_3d_synthetic_model
 python3 figure4_table2.py
-cd $HOME
+cd $WHR
 
 files=(
     "$OUT/method/figure1d_bottom.png"
@@ -37,11 +37,9 @@ files=(
     "$OUT/results_3d_synthetic_model/figure4c_longest-0011.vtu"
 )
 
-missing_file="test_outputs/missing_paper_ecmor2026_files.txt"
+missing_file="test_outputs/missing_publication_files.txt"
 missing=0
 
-rm -f "$missing_file"
-
 for f in "${files[@]}"; do
     if [[ ! -f "$f" ]]; then
         echo "$f" >> "$missing_file"