diff --git a/Common/utils.py b/Common/utils.py
index b2c39ab..037d6a9 100644
--- a/Common/utils.py
+++ b/Common/utils.py
@@ -426,40 +426,6 @@ def get_foodb_files(self, full_url: str, data_dir: str, data_file_name: str, fil
         # return the list
         return file_count, foodb_dir, name[0]
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def format_normalization_failures(data_set_name: str, node_norm_failures: list, edge_norm_failures: list):
-        """
-        outputs the nodes/edges that failed normalization
-
-        :param data_set_name: the name of the data source that produced these results
-        :param node_norm_failures: set of node curies
-        :param edge_norm_failures: set of edge predicates
-        :return:
-        """
-        the_logger = LoggingUtil.init_logging(f"ORION.Common.NormFailures.{data_set_name}", level=logging.INFO, line_format='medium', log_file_path=os.path.join(Path(__file__).parents[1], 'logs'))
-
-        # get the list into a dataframe group
-        df = pd.DataFrame(node_norm_failures, columns=['curie'])
-        df_node_grp = df.groupby('curie').size() \
-            .reset_index(name='count') \
-            .sort_values('count', ascending=False)
-
-        # iterate through the groups and create the edge records.
-        for row_index, row in df_node_grp.iterrows():
-            the_logger.info(f'{row["curie"]}\t{data_set_name}')
-            # self.logger.info(f'Failed node CURIE: {row["curie"]}, count: {row["count"]}')
-
-            # get the list into a dataframe group
-        df = pd.DataFrame(edge_norm_failures, columns=['curie'])
-        df_edge_grp = df.groupby('curie').size() \
-            .reset_index(name='count') \
-            .sort_values('count', ascending=False)
-
-        # iterate through the groups and create the edge records.
-        for row_index, row in df_edge_grp.iterrows():
-            the_logger.info(f'{row["curie"]}\t{data_set_name}')
-            # self.logger.info(f'Failed edge predicate: {row["curie"]}, count: {row["count"]}')
-
     @staticmethod
     def split_file(archive_file_path: str, output_dir: str, data_file_name: str, lines_per_file: int = 500000) -> list:
         """
diff --git a/parsers/IntAct/src/loadIA.py b/parsers/IntAct/src/loadIA.py
index bc47aa5..6ebaf07 100644
--- a/parsers/IntAct/src/loadIA.py
+++ b/parsers/IntAct/src/loadIA.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import os
 import argparse
 import enum
-import logging
 import re
 
 from io import TextIOWrapper
 from csv import reader
 from operator import itemgetter
 from zipfile import ZipFile
-from Common.utils import LoggingUtil, GetData
+from Common.utils import GetData
 from Common.loader_interface import SourceDataLoader, SourceDataFailedError
 from Common.prefixes import NCBITAXON, UNIPROTKB
 from Common.kgxmodel import kgxnode, kgxedge
diff --git a/parsers/hmdb/src/loadHMDB.py b/parsers/hmdb/src/loadHMDB.py
index bd317e1..acfe104 100644
--- a/parsers/hmdb/src/loadHMDB.py
+++ b/parsers/hmdb/src/loadHMDB.py
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ def __init__(self, test_mode: bool = False, source_data_dir: str = None):
         self.data_url = 'https://hmdb.ca/system/downloads/current/'
         self.source_db: str = 'Human Metabolome Database'
 
-        # create a logger
-        self.logger = LoggingUtil.init_logging("ORION.HMDB.HMDBLoader", level=logging.INFO, line_format='medium', log_file_path=os.environ['ORION_LOGS'])
-
     def get_latest_source_version(self) -> str:
         """
         gets the version of the data
diff --git a/parsers/panther/src/loadPanther.py b/parsers/panther/src/loadPanther.py
index 426475f..e535218 100644
--- a/parsers/panther/src/loadPanther.py
+++ b/parsers/panther/src/loadPanther.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import csv
 import argparse
-import logging
 import re
 
 import requests
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from Common.utils import LoggingUtil, GetData
+from Common.utils import GetData
 from Common.loader_interface import SourceDataLoader
 from Common.kgxmodel import kgxnode, kgxedge
 from functools import partial
@@ -67,9 +66,6 @@ def __init__(self, test_mode: bool = False, source_data_dir: str = None):
 
         self.__gene_family_data__ = None
 
-        # create a logger
-        self.logger = LoggingUtil.init_logging("ORION.Panther.PLoader", level=logging.INFO, line_format='medium', log_file_path=os.environ['ORION_LOGS'])
-
     def get_latest_source_version(self) -> str:
 
         if self.data_version:
diff --git a/set_up_test_env.sh b/set_up_test_env.sh
index b3cffff..39d305c 100644
--- a/set_up_test_env.sh
+++ b/set_up_test_env.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkdir -p "$PWD/../ORION_storage"
 export ORION_STORAGE="$PWD/../ORION_storage/"
 
 #ORION_GRAPHS - a directory for storing knowledge graphs
-#mkdir -p "$PWD/../ORION_graphs"
+mkdir -p "$PWD/../ORION_graphs"
 export ORION_GRAPHS="$PWD/../ORION_graphs/"
 
 #ORION_LOGS - a directory for storing logs