diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c03db8..3e5237a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ For example, if the archive is called "My Awesome Archive of Fandom Awesomeness"
     ```
 1. Run 
    ```bash
-   python start.py CODENAME PATH-TO-WORKING-DIRECTORY
+   python3 start.py CODENAME PATH-TO-WORKING-DIRECTORY
    ``` 
     where:
     
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Note that the process will create databases and tables in MySQL as well as files
 
 1. Run 
    ```bash
-   python start.py CODENAME PATH-TO-WORKING-DIRECTORY
+   python3 start.py CODENAME PATH-TO-WORKING-DIRECTORY
    ``` 
     where:
     
diff --git a/efiction/metadata.py b/efiction/metadata.py
index 06dadc7..15a3b35 100644
--- a/efiction/metadata.py
+++ b/efiction/metadata.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     key_find,
     normalize,
     print_progress,
+    prep_db_name,
 )
 
 
@@ -59,9 +60,10 @@ def create_open_doors_db(self, step_path):
         :return: True if successful
         """
         od_table_sql_file = get_full_path("opendoors/open-doors-tables-working.sql")
+
         self.config["Processing"][
             "open_doors_working_db"
-        ] = f"{self.config['Archive']['code_name']}_working_open_doors"
+        ] = f"{prep_db_name(self.config['Archive']['code_name'])}_working_open_doors"
         self.config["Processing"]["open_doors_working_db_file"] = get_prefixed_path(
             "03", step_path, f"{self.config['Processing']['open_doors_working_db']}.sql"
         )
diff --git a/efiction/original.py b/efiction/original.py
index 499db31..1db3b6e 100644
--- a/efiction/original.py
+++ b/efiction/original.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     copy_to_dir,
     get_full_path,
     get_prefixed_path,
+    prep_db_name,
 )
 
 
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self, config: ConfigParser, logger: Logger, sql: SqlDb):
         self.config = config
         self.logger = logger
         self.code_name = config["Archive"]["code_name"]
-        self.edited_db_name = f"{self.code_name}_efiction_original"
-        self.edited_file_name = f"{self.code_name}_efiction_original_edited.sql"
+        self.edited_db_name = f"{prep_db_name(self.code_name)}_efiction_original"
 
     @staticmethod
     def _contains_table_defs(grouped_statements):
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ def __load_into_database(self, step_path, statements):
         :return:
         """
         self.logger.info("...writing edited SQL statements to a backup file...")
-        edited_file_path = get_prefixed_path("01", step_path, self.edited_file_name)
+        edited_file_path = get_prefixed_path(
+            "01", step_path, f"{self.edited_db_name}.sql"
+        )
         self.config["Processing"]["original_edited_file"] = edited_file_path
         edited_file = write_statements_to_file(
             self.config["Processing"]["original_edited_file"], statements
diff --git a/efiction/simplified.py b/efiction/simplified.py
index f82c502..c667e46 100644
--- a/efiction/simplified.py
+++ b/efiction/simplified.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     parse_remove_comments,
     write_statements_to_file,
 )
-from opendoors.utils import get_full_path, get_prefixed_path
+from opendoors.utils import get_full_path, get_prefixed_path, prep_db_name
 
 
 class EFictionSimplified:
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ def __init__(self, config: ConfigParser, logger: Logger, sql: SqlDb):
         self.config = config
         self.logger = logger
         self.code_name = config["Archive"]["code_name"]
-        self.simplified_db_name = f"{self.code_name}_efiction_original_simplified"
+        self.simplified_db_name = (
+            f"{prep_db_name(self.code_name)}_efiction_original_simplified"
+        )
         self.simplified_file_name = f"{self.code_name}_efiction_original_simplified.sql"
 
     def __is_table_to_keep(self, table_name: str):
diff --git a/opendoors/utils.py b/opendoors/utils.py
index 3bc878c..48e43f8 100644
--- a/opendoors/utils.py
+++ b/opendoors/utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ def get_full_path(path):
     return str(full_path)
 
 
+def prep_db_name(config_name):
+    config_split = str(config_name).split("/")
+    return config_split[-1]
+
+
 def copy_to_dir(old_file_path, new_file_dir, new_file_name):
     """
     Copy the source file to the destination path and filename