diff --git a/lib/comparisonView.js b/lib/comparisonView.js
index 8183c1e..28b704b 100644
--- a/lib/comparisonView.js
+++ b/lib/comparisonView.js
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
   let changeComparisons = async (links) => {
     let quantitativeComparisons2 = [];
     let binaryComparisons2 = [];
-    links.shift();
+    // links.shift();
     for (let link of links) {
       let { source, target, distance, reasoning, squiggleString } = link;
       let searchByName = (name, candidate) => candidate.name == name;
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
         console.log("link", link);
         console.log(source);
         console.log(target);
+        alert(JSON.stringify(link, null, 4));
         throw new Error("Comparisons include unknown elements, please retry");
       }
       quantitativeComparisons2.push([