diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f3e4a03..41d97d8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Postgres.FirstRow = function (inSQL, args, inResponse) {
             inResponse.json(res.rows[0]);
             return;
         }
+        console.log(err.stack);
         inResponse.json(err.stack);
     });
 };
@@ -75,161 +76,46 @@ server.get('/get_pool', bodyParser.json(), function (req, res) {
 
 server.get('/scenario_package', bodyParser.json(), function (req, res) {
 
+    var sql = "";
     var w = "";
     var c = 1;
     var args = [];
+    var path = './route_sql/scenario_package.sql';
 
-    for (var i in req.body) {
-        //console.log(i);
-        ///console.log(req.body[i]);
-        if (c > 1) {
-            w = w +
-                `
-        AND `
+    var callback = function(arg){
+        sql = arg;
+        console.log(req.body);
+        //parse request body into a where clause
+        for (var i in req.body) {
+            if (c > 1) {
+                w = w +
+                    `
+            AND `
+            }
+            w = w + i + " = '" + req.body[i] + "'";
+            args.push(req.body[i]);
+            c = c + 1;
+        };
+        //if there was no body sent, return with nothing
+        if (c == 1) {
+            res.send("no body was sent");
+            return;
         }
-        w = w + i + " = '" + req.body[i] + "'";
-        args.push(req.body[i]);
-        c = c + 1;
+        //parse the where clause into the main sql statement
+        sql = sql.replace("'where_clause'",w)
+        //execute the sql and send the result
+        Postgres.FirstRow(sql,[],res)
     };
-    if (c == 1) {
-        res.send("no body was sent");
-        return;
-    }
-    //console.log(w);
-    //console.log(args);
-    w =
-        `
-        WITH 
-        mseq AS (
-            SELECT * FROM 
-            (
-                VALUES
-                ('Jun',1)
-                ,('Jul',2)
-                ,('Aug',3)
-                ,('Sep',4)
-                ,('Oct',5)
-                ,('Nov',6)
-                ,('Dec',7)
-                ,('Jan',8)
-                ,('Feb',9)
-                ,('Mar',10)
-                ,('Apr',11)
-                ,('May',12)
 
-            ) x(m,s)
-        )
-        --select * from mseq
-        ,base AS (
-        SELECT
-            order_season
-            ,order_month
-            ,version
-            ,iter
-            ,part_descr
-            ,bill_cust_descr
-            ,ship_cust_descr
-            ,SUM(units) units
-            ,SUM(value_usd) value_usd
-        FROM
-            rlarp.osm_fcpool
-        WHERE
-            `+ w +
-        `GROUP BY
-        order_season
-        ,order_month
-        ,version
-        ,iter
-        ,part_descr
-        ,bill_cust_descr
-        ,ship_cust_descr
-    )
-    ,months AS (
-        SELECT
-            order_season
-            ,version
-            ,iter
-            ,order_month
-            ,mseq.s seq
-            ,sum(units) units
-            ,sum(value_usd) value_usd
-        FROM
-            base
-            INNER JOIN mseq ON
-                mseq.m = base.order_month
-        GROUP BY
-            order_season
-            ,version
-            ,iter
-            ,order_month
-            ,s
-    )
-    ,mpvt AS (
-        SELECT
-            order_month
-            ,seq
-            ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2019) "2019 qty"
-            ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'copy') "2020 base qty"
-            ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'adjustment') "2020 adj qty"
-            ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter IN ('copy','adjustment')) "2020 tot qty"
-            ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2019) "2019 value_usd"
-            ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'copy') "2020 base value_usd"
-            ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'adjustment') "2020 adj value_usd"
-            ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter IN ('copy','adjustment')) "2020 tot value_usd"
-        FROM
-            months
-        GROUP BY
-            order_month
-            ,seq
-        ORDER BY
-            seq ASC
-    )
-    ,mlist AS (
-        SELECT
-            mseq.m order_month
-            ,"2019 qty"
-            ,"2020 base qty"
-            ,"2020 adj qty"
-            ,"2020 tot qty"
-            ,"2019 value_usd"
-            ,"2020 base value_usd"
-            ,"2020 adj value_usd"
-            ,"2020 tot value_usd"
-        FROM
-            mseq
-            LEFT OUTER JOIN mpvt ON
-                mpvt.order_month = mseq.m
-        ORDER BY
-            mseq.s ASC
-    )
-    ,totals AS (
-        SELECT
-            order_season
-            ,version
-            ,iter
-            ,sum(units) units
-            ,sum(value_usd) value_usd
-        FROM
-            months
-        GROUP BY
-            order_season
-            ,version
-            ,iter
-    )
-    SELECT 
-        jsonb_build_object(
-            'months'
-            ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(months)::jsonb) FROM months)
-            ,'mpvt'
-            ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(mlist)::jsonb) FROM mlist)
-            ,'base'
-            ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(base)::jsonb) FROM base)
-            ,'totals'
-            ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(totals)::jsonb) FROM totals)
-        ) package`
-    console.log(w);
-    Postgres.FirstRow(w, [], res)
-    //res.json("hi")
+    fs.readFile(path, 'utf8', function(err, data){
+        if (!err){
+            callback(data);
+        } else {
+            console.log("fatal error pulling sql file")
+            callback(err);
+        }
+    });
+
 })
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/route_sql/scenario_package.sql b/route_sql/scenario_package.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd78fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/route_sql/scenario_package.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+--\timing
+--explain (analyze, buffers)
+WITH 
+mseq AS (
+    SELECT * FROM 
+    (
+        VALUES
+        ('Jun',1)
+        ,('Jul',2)
+        ,('Aug',3)
+        ,('Sep',4)
+        ,('Oct',5)
+        ,('Nov',6)
+        ,('Dec',7)
+        ,('Jan',8)
+        ,('Feb',9)
+        ,('Mar',10)
+        ,('Apr',11)
+        ,('May',12)
+
+    ) x(m,s)
+)
+--select * from mseq
+,base AS (
+SELECT
+    order_season
+    ,order_month
+    ,version
+    ,iter
+    ,part_descr
+    ,bill_cust_descr
+    ,ship_cust_descr
+    ,SUM(units) units
+    ,SUM(value_usd) value_usd
+FROM
+    rlarp.osm_fcpool
+WHERE
+    'where_clause'
+GROUP BY
+    order_season
+    ,order_month
+    ,version
+    ,iter
+    ,part_descr
+    ,bill_cust_descr
+    ,ship_cust_descr
+)
+,months AS (
+    SELECT
+        order_season
+        ,version
+        ,iter
+        ,order_month
+        ,mseq.s seq
+        ,sum(units) units
+        ,sum(value_usd) value_usd
+    FROM
+        base
+        INNER JOIN mseq ON
+            mseq.m = base.order_month
+    GROUP BY
+        order_season
+        ,version
+        ,iter
+        ,order_month
+        ,s
+)
+,mpvt AS (
+    SELECT
+        order_month
+        ,seq
+        ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2019) "2019 qty"
+        ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'copy') "2020 base qty"
+        ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'adjustment') "2020 adj qty"
+        ,SUM(units) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter IN ('copy','adjustment')) "2020 tot qty"
+        ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2019) "2019 value_usd"
+        ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'copy') "2020 base value_usd"
+        ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter = 'adjustment') "2020 adj value_usd"
+        ,SUM(value_usd) FILTER (WHERE order_season = 2020 AND iter IN ('copy','adjustment')) "2020 tot value_usd"
+    FROM
+        months
+    GROUP BY
+        order_month
+        ,seq
+    ORDER BY
+        seq ASC
+)
+,mlist AS (
+    SELECT
+        mseq.m order_month
+        ,"2019 qty"
+        ,"2020 base qty"
+        ,"2020 adj qty"
+        ,"2020 tot qty"
+        ,"2019 value_usd"
+        ,"2020 base value_usd"
+        ,"2020 adj value_usd"
+        ,"2020 tot value_usd"
+    FROM
+        mseq
+        LEFT OUTER JOIN mpvt ON
+            mpvt.order_month = mseq.m
+    ORDER BY
+        mseq.s ASC
+)
+,totals AS (
+    SELECT
+        order_season
+        ,version
+        ,iter
+        ,sum(units) units
+        ,sum(value_usd) value_usd
+    FROM
+        months
+    GROUP BY
+        order_season
+        ,version
+        ,iter
+)
+SELECT 
+    jsonb_build_object(
+        'months'
+        ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(months)::jsonb) FROM months)
+        ,'mpvt'
+        ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(mlist)::jsonb) FROM mlist)
+        ,'base'
+        ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(base)::jsonb) FROM base)
+        ,'totals'
+        ,(SELECT jsonb_agg(row_to_json(totals)::jsonb) FROM totals)
+    ) package
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