diff --git a/app/state.py b/app/state.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a929a53..0000000
--- a/app/state.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-data_file_name = None
-log_file_name = None
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views.py b/app/views.py
index 9ff460b..f49aa67 100644
--- a/app/views.py
+++ b/app/views.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ from app.logging_config import get_logger
 from app.analysis import load_data, load_analysis_modules
 
 
-from app.state import log_file_name
-
 print(f"A imported log_file_name: {log_file_name}")
 
 config = load_config()