diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5931139..502cef8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ server.get('/scale', bodyParser.json(), function(req, res) {
         console.log(JSON.stringify(req.body));
         //parse the where clause into the main sql statement
         //sql = sql.replace(new RegExp("where_clause", 'g'), w)
-        sql = sql.replace(new RegExp("app_pincr", 'g'),    app_pincr);
+        //sql = sql.replace(new RegExp("app_pincr", 'g'),    app_pincr);
         sql = sql.replace(new RegExp("app_req", 'g'),      app_req);
-        sql = sql.replace(new RegExp("app_vincr", 'g'),    app_vincr);
+        //sql = sql.replace(new RegExp("app_vincr", 'g'),    app_vincr);
         sql = sql.replace(new RegExp("app_where", 'g'),    w);
         //execute the sql and send the result
         args.push(req.body.app_baseline_from_date);
diff --git a/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql b/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql
index 1d9eb97..ade8420 100644
--- a/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql
+++ b/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ WHERE
 SELECT
 ---------$$app_req$$ will hold the request body--------------------
 $$WITH
-req AS  (SELECT $$||'$$app_req$$::jsonb)'||$$
+req AS  (SELECT $$||'$$app_req$$::jsonb j)'||$$
+,target AS (
+    SELECT
+        (req.j->>'vincr')::numeric vincr   --volume
+        ,(req.j->>'pincr')::numeric pincr  --price
+    FROM
+        req
+)
 -----this block is supposed to test for new products that might not be in baseline etc-------
 ,test AS (
     SELECT
@@ -98,9 +105,9 @@ WHERE
 ),
 vscale AS (
     SELECT
-        app_vincr AS target_increment
+        (SELECT vincr FROM target) AS target_increment
         ,sum($$||_units_col||') AS units'||$$
-        ,app_vincr/sum($$||_units_col||$$) AS factor
+        ,(SELECT vincr FROM target)/sum($$||_units_col||$$) AS factor
     FROM
         basemix
 )
@@ -113,19 +120,19 @@ FROM
 )
 ,pscale AS (
 SELECT
-    app_pincr AS target_increment
+    (SELECT pincr FROM target) AS target_increment
     ,sum($$||_value_col||') AS value'||$$
     ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
         --if the base value is -0- scaling will not work, need to generate price, factor goes to -0-
         0
     ELSE
         --if the target dollar value still does not match the target increment, make this adjustment
-        ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target)-(SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume)
+        ((SELECT pincr FROM target)-(SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume)
     END factor
     ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
         CASE WHEN ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume)) <> 0 THEN
             --if the base value is -0- but the target value hasn't been achieved, derive a price to apply
-            ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum(units) FROM volume)
+            ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum($$||_units_col||$$) FROM volume)
         ELSE
             0
         END
@@ -138,6 +145,11 @@ FROM
 ,pricing AS (
 SELECT
     $$||_clist_prc||$$
+FROM
+    volume o
+    CROSS JOIN pscale
+WHERE
+    pscale.factor <> 0 or pscale.mod_price <> 0
 )
 INSERT INTO
     fc.live
diff --git a/routes/scale/generate_route_sql.sh b/routes/scale/generate_route_sql.sh
index cc6149e..e53dd62 100755
--- a/routes/scale/generate_route_sql.sh
+++ b/routes/scale/generate_route_sql.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # execure the sql for scale which builds the sql and inserts into a table
-$PGD -f routes/scale/gen_scale.sql
+$PGD -f gen_scale.sql
 # pull the sql out of the table and write it to route directory
-$PGD -c "SELECT t FROM fc.sql WHERE cmd = 'scale'" -t -A -o routes/scale/scale_final.sql
+$PGD -c "SELECT t FROM fc.sql WHERE cmd = 'scale'" -t -A -o scale.sql
diff --git a/routes/scale/scale.sql b/routes/scale/scale.sql
index 59c646c..dccc721 100644
--- a/routes/scale/scale.sql
+++ b/routes/scale/scale.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 WITH
-req AS  (SELECT $$app_req$$::jsonb)
+req AS  (SELECT $$app_req$$::jsonb j)
+,target AS (
+    SELECT
+        (req.j->>'vincr')::numeric vincr   --volume
+        ,(req.j->>'pincr')::numeric pincr  --price
+    FROM
+        req
+)
 -----this block is supposed to test for new products that might not be in baseline etc-------
 ,test AS (
     SELECT
@@ -120,9 +127,9 @@ WHERE
 ),
 vscale AS (
     SELECT
-        app_vincr AS target_increment
+        (SELECT vincr FROM target) AS target_increment
         ,sum(fb_qty) AS units
-        ,app_vincr/sum(fb_qty) AS factor
+        ,(SELECT vincr FROM target)/sum(fb_qty) AS factor
     FROM
         basemix
 )
@@ -235,19 +242,19 @@ FROM
 )
 ,pscale AS (
 SELECT
-    app_pincr AS target_increment
+    (SELECT pincr FROM target) AS target_increment
     ,sum(fb_val_loc) AS value
     ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
         --if the base value is -0- scaling will not work, need to generate price, factor goes to -0-
         0
     ELSE
         --if the target dollar value still does not match the target increment, make this adjustment
-        ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target)-(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume)
+        ((SELECT pincr FROM target)-(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume)
     END factor
     ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
         CASE WHEN ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume)) <> 0 THEN
             --if the base value is -0- but the target value hasn't been achieved, derive a price to apply
-            ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum(units) FROM volume)
+            ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum(fb_qty) FROM volume)
         ELSE
             0
         END
@@ -360,6 +367,11 @@ SELECT
     ,o.rseas
     ,o.sdate
     ,o.sseas
+FROM
+    volume o
+    CROSS JOIN pscale
+WHERE
+    pscale.factor <> 0 or pscale.mod_price <> 0
 )
 INSERT INTO
     fc.live