diff --git a/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization.py b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization.py
index 2adddb1b0a697518ac6fddd4e26b40f21f71920c..85309b198716b503d19dbf2739711958ddfdbb06 100644
--- a/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization.py
+++ b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ class EM_Verbalization_Tree:
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         # set base path to something
-        self.ltm_base_path = '/fileserver/fs/plewnia/copied_memory_a7/MemoryExport'#"/home/armar-user/MemoryExport"
-        self.history_cache = Path(__file__).parent / 'episodic_verbalization_core' / 'data' / 'armarx_lt_mem' / '2024-09-18-a7a-predef.pkl' # TODO: set to matching file
+        self.ltm_base_path = "/home/armar-user/MemoryExport"
+        self.history_cache = Path(__file__).parent / 'episodic_verbalization_core' / 'data' / 'armarx_lt_mem' / '2024-10-08.pkl' # TODO: set to matching file 2024-09-18-a7a-predef.pkl
 
         # load tree:
         if self.history_cache.is_file():  
diff --git a/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/data/armarx_lt_mem/2024-10-08.pkl b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/data/armarx_lt_mem/2024-10-08.pkl
new file mode 100644
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Binary files /dev/null and b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/data/armarx_lt_mem/2024-10-08.pkl differ
diff --git a/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/em/armarx_lt_mem.py b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/em/armarx_lt_mem.py
index 843c458634aadcf9cef1b4d06d60b4545cdc3480..bdc5a48bf21efacf52ba559bd56c7e4073bbc848 100644
--- a/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/em/armarx_lt_mem.py
+++ b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/em/armarx_lt_mem.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ def _iter_all_instances(
                             i.load()
                             yield i
                     except:
-                        print("Could not load instance")
-                        traceback.print_exc()
+                        print("Could not load instance, skipping instance")
+                        #traceback.print_exc()
 
 
 def _create_summarize_parameters_chain(llm: BaseChatModel):
diff --git a/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/llm_emv/emv_api.py b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/llm_emv/emv_api.py
index aff671ed977d78216b6e8877e5af79b518508284..2add5f793723fd993ac025cf5c1c38b3d93067bd 100644
--- a/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/llm_emv/emv_api.py
+++ b/python/skills/skills/episodic_verbalization_core/llm_emv/emv_api.py
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ class EMVerbalizationAPI:
             self._history = make_tree_interactive(history, search_embedding_fn, search_filter_kwargs).all_leaves
 
 
-        try:
-            print('Initializing search embeddings eagerly...')
-            self._history.search('')
-        except SemanticHintError:
-            pass
-        finally:
-            self._history.collapse_deep()
+        #try:
+        #    print('Initializing search embeddings eagerly...')
+        #    self._history.search('')
+        #except SemanticHintError:
+        #    pass
+        #finally:
+        #    self._history.collapse_deep()
 
     #########################
     # dialog
diff --git a/python/skills/skills/tree_updater.py b/python/skills/skills/tree_updater.py
index c4fd49967bbded09e2e7f98fb393835b17b8d096..4f28d3322c2a05e03fa064d49706f0e3f11a30b0 100644
--- a/python/skills/skills/tree_updater.py
+++ b/python/skills/skills/tree_updater.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def periodicUpdateSkillTree(mns, core_segment_id):
             last_id = last_skill_id
             print("updating tree...")
             tree.update_tree()
+            print("finished updating tree...")
         else:
             print("No new skill events detected")
         sleep(15)  # update every 3 minutes (average time needed to update tree if new skill was available)