diff --git a/core/utils.py b/core/utils.py
index 07ecd51..721e7fe 100644
--- a/core/utils.py
+++ b/core/utils.py
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ def write_and_commit(files, message):
             else:
                 print(f"No change {filepath}")
         filepaths = [filepath for filepath, content, encoding in files]
-        cmd_commit = [git, "commit"] + filepaths + ["-m", message]
+        message = message + " " + str(filepaths)
+        cmd_commit = [git, "commit", "-m", message]
         cm_status = subprocess.run(cmd_commit, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True)
         commands.append(cmd_commit)
         if cm_status.returncode != 0:
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ def write_and_commit(files, message):
                 f"ERROR committing. Edits saved, [maybe] added to git, but NOT committed.\n\n"
                 + msgdata
             )     
-        cmd_status = [git, "status"] + filepaths   
+        cmd_status = [git, "status"] # + filepaths   
         cp_status = subprocess.run(cmd_status, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True)
         commands.append(cp_status)
         #This produces return code = 1 if it commits OK, but when the repo still needs to be pushed to origin/expoweb