diff --git a/templates/module_config.yml b/templates/module_config.yml
index 4ff5bd884..468f2cf1e 100755
--- a/templates/module_config.yml
+++ b/templates/module_config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # List of POD(s) to run
 pod_list:
   - "example_multicase"
-  - "MJO_suite"
 
 # list of module(s) to run
 module_list:
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ module_list:
         "--in_data": "../inputdata/mdtf_test_data/CMIP_Synthetic_r1i1p1f1_gr1_19800101-19841231/day/CMIP_Synthetic_r1i1p1f1_gr1_19800101-19841231.psl.day.nc"
         "--timefilter": "6hr"
         "--searchbymin": "psl"
-        "--out": "../wkdir/tempestextremes.dat"      
+        "--out": "../wkdir/tempestextremes.dat"
 
 # Case list entries (must be unique IDs for each simulation)
 case_list:
@@ -28,8 +27,8 @@ case_list:
   "CMIP_Synthetic_r1i1p1f1_gr1_19850101-19891231" :
     model: "test"
     convention: "CMIP"
-    startdate: "19850101"
-    enddate: "19850101"
+    startdate: "19850101000000"
+    enddate: "19891231000000"
 
 ### Data location settings ###
 # Required: full or relative path to ESM-intake catalog header file
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ OBS_DATA_ROOT: "../inputdata/obs_data"
 # Final output is also written here if the OUTPUT_DIR is not defined.
 WORK_DIR: "../wkdir"
 # Optional: Location to write final output if you don't want it in the wkdir
-OUTPUT_DIR: ""
+OUTPUT_DIR: "../wkdir"
 ### Environment Settings ###
 # Required: Location of the Anaconda/miniconda installation to use for managing
 # dependencies (path returned by running `conda info --base`.)
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ conda_root: ""
 # Optional: Directory containing the framework-specific conda environments. This should
 # be equal to the "--env_dir" flag passed to conda_env_setup.sh. If left
 # blank, the framework will look for its environments in conda_root/envs
-conda_env_root": ""
+conda_env_root: ""
 # Location of micromamba executable; REQUIRED if using micromamba
-micromamba_exe": ""
+micromamba_exe: ""
 ### Data type settings ###
 # set to true to handle data files > 4 GB
 large_file: False