diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 29d3d1c9bf11eded6327850ede1581914c9eca09..40a6fbfd83703412e219d7f862f006d2db1c5852 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -285,4 +285,4 @@ data/train_NER/1[0-9][0-9][0-9]_20[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_french.txt
 
 
 # notunique files
-data/lists/notunique*.txt
+data/lists/notunique_*.txt
diff --git a/src/python/run_extract_discussions.py b/src/python/run_extract_discussions.py
index e8a827d9f3ca5022cc9dc613054c0902698f9755..15826cc8a065ce58a7f8613c616b9eeb0c9585d8 100644
--- a/src/python/run_extract_discussions.py
+++ b/src/python/run_extract_discussions.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from utils_proc import call_with_out
 # specify input and output files
 
 # needed for running in atom, can be ignored
-year = '1971'
+year = '1951'
 input_lastnames = "data/politicians/lastnames/" + year + "_MPs.pickle"
 input_correctedxml = "data/AB/" + year + "/04_correctedxml.tar.gz"
 input_correctedmeta = "data/AB/" + year + "/03_correctedmeta.tar.gz"
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ with open(input_notnames) as f:
 list_notnames = [term.rstrip() for term in list_notnames]
 
 # to test for one file
-file_tarpath = './1971/20000726f_datacorr.xml'
+file_tarpath = './1951/20035006_datacorr.xml'
 
 id_doc = file_tarpath.split('/')[-1][:8]
 
@@ -158,3 +158,10 @@ datetime.datetime.strptime(str_date, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
 
 listilist = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
 listilist[0,2]
+# OPTIMIZE
+
+
+
+
+if 'ab' in 'abc':
+    print('yay')