diff --git a/Birders_Guide_Installer.sh b/Birders_Guide_Installer.sh
index c73bb76..4d74ec4 100755
--- a/Birders_Guide_Installer.sh
+++ b/Birders_Guide_Installer.sh
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ RECS_DIR=${HOME}/BirdSongs
 ##  LATITUDE=48.858
 ##  LONGITUDE=2.294
 
-LATITUDE="${LATITUDE}"
-LONGITUDE="${LONGITUDE}"
+LATITUDE=${LATITUDE}
+LONGITUDE=${LONGITUDE}
 
 ################################################################################
 #------------------------------ Extraction Service  ---------------------------#
@@ -372,17 +372,17 @@ IDFILE=${HOME}/BirdNET-Lite/IdentifiedSoFar.txt
 ## OVERLAP is the value in seconds which BirdNET should use when analyzing
 ## the data. The values must be between 0.0-2.9.
 
-OVERLAP="0.0"
+OVERLAP=0.0
 
 ## CONFIDENCE is the minimum confidence level from 0.0-1.0 BirdNET's analysis 
 ## should reach before creating an entry in the BirdNET.selection.txt file.
 ## Don't set this to 1.0 or you won't have any results.
 
-CONFIDENCE="0.7"
+CONFIDENCE=0.7
 
 ## SENSITIVITY is the detection sensitivity from 0.5-1.5.
 
-SENSITIVITY="1.25"
+SENSITIVITY=1.25
 
 ################################################################################
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diff --git a/birdnet.conf-defaults b/birdnet.conf-defaults
index 3b63ddc..8996af6 100644
--- a/birdnet.conf-defaults
+++ b/birdnet.conf-defaults
@@ -200,17 +200,17 @@ IDFILE=${HOME}/BirdNET-Lite/IdentifiedSoFar.txt
 ## OVERLAP is the value in seconds which BirdNET should use when analyzing
 ## the data. The values must be between 0.0-2.9.
 
-OVERLAP="0.0"
+OVERLAP=0.0
 
 ## CONFIDENCE is the minimum confidence level from 0.0-1.0 BirdNET's analysis 
 ## should reach before creating an entry in the BirdNET.selection.txt file.
 ## Don't set this to 1.0 or you won't have any results.
 
-CONFIDENCE="0.7"
+CONFIDENCE=0.7
 
 ## SENSITIVITY is the detection sensitivity from 0.5-1.5.
 
-SENSITIVITY="1.25"
+SENSITIVITY=1.25
 
 ################################################################################
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@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ SENSITIVITY="1.25"
 ## CHANNELS holds the variabel that corresponds to the number of channels the
 ## sound card supports.
 
-CHANNELS=${CHANNELS}
+CHANNELS=
 
 # Don't touch the variables below
 
diff --git a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
index 3a2c073..74cf39d 100755
--- a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
+++ b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CUSTOM_LIST="/home/pi/BirdNET-Lite/custom_species_list.txt"
 get_files() {
   echo "get_files() for ${1:19}"
   files=($( find ${1} -maxdepth 1 -name '*wav' \
-  | sort -r \
+  | sort \
   | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}' ))
   [ -n "${files[1]}" ] && echo "Files loaded"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh b/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
index 45f6d81..1e24eac 100755
--- a/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
+++ b/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ else
   STAMP="%H:%M:%S"
 fi
 
-[ -z RECORDING_LENGTH ] || RECORDING_LENGTH=12
+[ -z $RECORDING_LENGTH ] && RECORDING_LENGTH=12
 
 if pgrep arecord &> /dev/null ;then
   echo "Recording"
diff --git a/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh b/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh
index e1a155b..f0b133b 100755
--- a/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh
+++ b/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ for h in "${SCAN_DIRS[@]}";do
 
     ### TESTING longer extraction context
     set -x
-    [ -z ${EXTRACTION_LENGTH} ] || EXTRACTION_LENGTH=6
+    [ -z ${EXTRACTION_LENGTH} ] && EXTRACTION_LENGTH=6
     SPACER=$(echo "(${EXTRACTION_LENGTH} - 3 )/2" |bc -l) 
     START=$(echo "${START} - ${SPACER}"|bc -l)
     END=$(echo "${END} + ${SPACER}"|bc -l)
diff --git a/scripts/install_config.sh b/scripts/install_config.sh
index fc49a77..eb24fe7 100755
--- a/scripts/install_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_config.sh
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ RECS_DIR=${RECS_DIR}
 ##  LATITUDE=48.858
 ##  LONGITUDE=2.294
 
-LATITUDE="${LATITUDE}"
-LONGITUDE="${LONGITUDE}"
+LATITUDE=${LATITUDE}
+LONGITUDE=${LONGITUDE}
 
 ################################################################################
 #------------------------------ Extraction Service  ---------------------------#
@@ -393,17 +393,17 @@ IDFILE=${HOME}/BirdNET-Lite/IdentifiedSoFar.txt
 ## OVERLAP is the value in seconds which BirdNET should use when analyzing
 ## the data. The values must be between 0.0-2.9.
 
-OVERLAP="0.0"
+OVERLAP=0.0
 
 ## CONFIDENCE is the minimum confidence level from 0.0-1.0 BirdNET's analysis 
 ## should reach before creating an entry in the BirdNET.selection.txt file.
 ## Don't set this to 1.0 or you won't have any results.
 
-CONFIDENCE="0.7"
+CONFIDENCE=0.7
 
 ## SENSITIVITY is the detection sensitivity from 0.5-1.5.
 
-SENSITIVITY="1.25"
+SENSITIVITY=1.25
 
 ################################################################################
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