diff --git a/reactor.html b/reactor.html
index 6825342..e8c57c5 100644
--- a/reactor.html
+++ b/reactor.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             enableLog: { value: false },
             logLevel: { value: "error" },
 
-            positionVsParent: { value: "" },
+            positionVsParent: { value: "" }
         },
         inputs: 1,
         outputs: 3,
diff --git a/src/specificClass.js b/src/specificClass.js
index 05a6075..23c1289 100644
--- a/src/specificClass.js
+++ b/src/specificClass.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class Reactor {
    * Update the reactor state based on the new time.
    * @param {number} newTime - New time to update reactor state to, in milliseconds since epoch.
    */
-  updateState(newTime = Date.now()) { // expect update with timestamp
+  updateState(newTime) { // expect update with timestamp
     if (this.upstreamReactor) {
       this.setInfluent = this.upstreamReactor.getEffluent[0]; // grab main effluent upstream reactor
     }
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class Reactor_PFR extends Reactor {
     const advection = math.multiply(-1 * math.sum(this.Fs) / (this.A*this.d_x), this.D_op, this.extendedState);
     const reaction = this.extendedState.map((state_slice) => this.asm.compute_dC(state_slice, this.temperature));
     const transfer = Array.from(Array(this.n_x+2*BC_PADDING), () => new Array(ASM_CONSTANTS.NUM_SPECIES).fill(0));
-    
+
     if (isNaN(this.kla)) { // calculate OTR if kla is not NaN, otherwise use externally calculated OTR
       for (let i = BC_PADDING+1; i < BC_PADDING+this.n_x - 1; i++) {
         transfer[i][ASM_CONSTANTS.S_O_INDEX] = this.OTR * this.n_x/(this.n_x-2);