diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
index d68db3eb3..d5ed9d684 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mvn clean compile package -DskipTests=true
       - name: execute py script
         run: |
-          python perfTest/perfTestRunner.py
+          python perf_test/perfTestRunner.py
           git config user.name nitish
           git config user.email nitish1814@github.com
           git add .
diff --git a/perf_test/perfTestInput.py b/perf_test/perfTestInput.py
index 9dd167394..c18210e02 100644
--- a/perf_test/perfTestInput.py
+++ b/perf_test/perfTestInput.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 INCREMENTAL = "runIncrement"
 
 #load file config to test on
-config_65 = "../examples/febrl120k/config.json"
-config_120k = "../examples/febrl120k/config120k.json"
-config_5m = "../examples/ncVoters5M/config.json"
+config_65 = "./examples/febrl120k/config.json"
+config_120k = "./examples/febrl120k/config120k.json"
+config_5m = "./examples/ncVoters5M/config.json"
 
 
 #bash script location
-ZINGG = "../scripts/zingg.sh"
+ZINGG = "./scripts/zingg.sh"
 
 
 #add all the load to test
diff --git a/perf_test/perfTestRunner.py b/perf_test/perfTestRunner.py
index 88c761245..5b08084f7 100644
--- a/perf_test/perfTestRunner.py
+++ b/perf_test/perfTestRunner.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 import time
 from datetime import date, datetime
 from subprocess import PIPE
+import os
+
+#set working directory
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname("../"))
 
 ZINGG = ZINGG           
 #phases to run: ftd, match
@@ -16,20 +20,23 @@
 
 start_time = time.time()
 
+reportFile = "./perf_test/perf_test_report/loadTestReport"
+
 def perf_test_small_all():
     return "small_test_running_all"
 
+propertyFile = "./config/zingg.conf"
 
 def run_phase(phase, conf):
     print("Running phase - " + phase)
-    return subprocess.call(ZINGG + " %s %s %s %s" % ("--phase", phase, "--conf", conf), shell=True)
+    return subprocess.call(ZINGG + " %s %s %s %s %s %s" % ("--phase", phase, "--conf", conf, "--properties-file", propertyFile), shell=True)
 
 def perf_test_small(phase):
     return "small_test_running"
 
 
 def write_on_start():
-    f = open("./perfTestReport/loadTestReport_" + str(date.today()), "w+")
+    f = open(reportFile, "w+")
     f.write("******************************** perf test report, " + str(date.today()) + ", " + current_time + " ********************************\n\n");
     f.write("------------ Test bed details ------------\n")
     f.write("Load samples: ")
@@ -44,23 +51,23 @@ def write_on_start():
     f.close()
 
 def write_on_complete():
-    f = open("./perfTestReport/loadTestReport_" + str(date.today()), "a+")
+    f = open(reportFile, "a+")
     f.write("********************************************************************************************************\n\n\n\n\n\n")
 
 
 
 
 def write_success_stats(phase_time, load):
-    f = open("./perfTestReport/loadTestReport_" + str(date.today()), "a+")
+    f = open(reportFile, "a+")
     f.write("{:>50}".format("capturing for " + load) + "\n")
     f.write("PHASE {:>65}".format("TIME_TAKEN_IN_MINUTES") + "\n")
     for phase, time in phase_time.items():
-        f.write(success_message(phase, time/60) + "\n")
+        f.write(success_message(phase, round(time/60, 1)) + "\n")
     f.write("\n")
     f.close()
 
 def write_failure_stats(phase_error):
-    f = open("./perfTestReport/loadTestReport_" + str(date.today()), "a+")
+    f = open(reportFile, "a+")
     for phase, error in phase_error.items():
         f.write(error_message(phase, error) + "\n\n")
     f.close()
diff --git a/perf_test/perf_test_report/loadTestReport b/perf_test/perf_test_report/loadTestReport
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5151bb7d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perf_test/perf_test_report/loadTestReport
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+******************************** perf test report, 2024-11-14, 18:09:04 ********************************
+
+------------ Test bed details ------------
+Load samples: 65_samples 
+Phases: findTrainingData match 
+------------------------------------------
+
+                          capturing for 65_samples
+PHASE                                             TIME_TAKEN_IN_MINUTES
+findTrainingData                                                    3.0
+match                                                               4.5
+
+********************************************************************************************************
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/zingg.sh b/scripts/zingg.sh
index 34632556f..125690e77 100755
--- a/scripts/zingg.sh
+++ b/scripts/zingg.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#ZINGG_HOME=./assembly/target
 ZINGG_JARS=$ZINGG_HOME/zingg-0.4.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
 EMAIL=zingg@zingg.ai
 LICENSE=zinggLicense.txt
@@ -63,5 +62,5 @@ if [[ $RUN_PYTHON_DB_CONNECT_PHASE -eq 1 ]]; then
 	python $EXECUTABLE
 else
 	# All the additional options must be added here
-	$SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-submit --master $SPARK_MASTER $PROPERTIES --files "./log4j2.properties" --conf spark.driver.memory=10g --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions="$log4j_setting -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xloggc:/tmp/memLog.txt -XX:+UseCompressedOops" --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions="$log4j_setting" $LOGGING --driver-class-path $ZINGG_JARS $EXECUTABLE $@ --email $EMAIL --license $LICENSE
+	$SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-submit --master $SPARK_MASTER $PROPERTIES --files "./log4j2.properties" --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions="$log4j_setting -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xloggc:/tmp/memLog.txt -XX:+UseCompressedOops" --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions="$log4j_setting" $LOGGING --driver-class-path $ZINGG_JARS $EXECUTABLE $@ --email $EMAIL --license $LICENSE
 fi