diff --git a/scripts/copy_classifications_from_files.py b/scripts/copy_classifications_from_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46818bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copy_classifications_from_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+import psycopg
+from datetime import datetime
+import math
+
+TIMESCALE_CONNECTION = os.getenv('TIMESCALE_CONNECTION')
+TIMESCALE_PORT = os.getenv('TIMESCALE_PORT')
+ERAS_DB = os.getenv('ERAS_DB')
+ERAS_USER = os.getenv('ERAS_USER')
+ERAS_PW = os.getenv('ERAS_PW')
+FIRST_INGESTED_CLASSIFICATION_ID = os.getenv('FIRST_INGESTED_CLASSIFICATION_ID')
+
+limit = 10000000
+num_files = math.ceil(FIRST_INGESTED_CLASSIFICATION_ID/limit)
+
+start_time = datetime.now()
+print("TIMESCALE START COPY FROM CSV BEFORE TIME =", start_time)
+
+output_file_no = 0
+while output_file_no <= num_files:
+    with psycopg.connect(f"host={TIMESCALE_CONNECTION} port={TIMESCALE_PORT} dbname={ERAS_DB} user={ERAS_USER} password={ERAS_PW} sslmode=require") as timescale_db_conn:
+        with timescale_db_conn.cursor(name="timescale_cursor").copy("COPY classification_events FROM STDIN DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER") as timescale_copy:
+            timescale_copy.write(open(f"prod_classifications_{output_file_no}.csv").read())
+    output_file_no += 1
+
+finish_time = datetime.now()
+print("CLASSIFICATIONS TIMESCALE backfill AFTER Time =", finish_time)
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diff --git a/scripts/backfill_classifications_chunk_in_files.py b/scripts/save_classifications_chunk_in_files.py
similarity index 76%
rename from scripts/backfill_classifications_chunk_in_files.py
rename to scripts/save_classifications_chunk_in_files.py
index 2458572..575cd25 100644
--- a/scripts/backfill_classifications_chunk_in_files.py
+++ b/scripts/save_classifications_chunk_in_files.py
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 PANOPTES_DB = os.getenv('PANOPTES_DB')
 PANOPTES_USER = os.getenv('PANOPTES_USER')
 PANOPTES_PW = os.getenv('PANOPTES_PW')
-TIMESCALE_CONNECTION = os.getenv('TIMESCALE_CONNECTION')
-TIMESCALE_PORT = os.getenv('TIMESCALE_PORT')
-ERAS_DB = os.getenv('ERAS_DB')
-ERAS_USER = os.getenv('ERAS_USER')
-ERAS_PW = os.getenv('ERAS_PW')
 FIRST_INGESTED_CLASSIFICATION_ID = os.getenv('FIRST_INGESTED_CLASSIFICATION_ID')
 
 start_time = datetime.now()
@@ -41,16 +36,5 @@
 
 finish_copy_time = datetime.now()
 print("PANOPTES Classification Copy over at ", finish_copy_time)
-print("TIMESCALE START COPY FROM CSV")
-
-output_file_no = 0
-while output_file_no <= num_files:
-    with psycopg.connect(f"host={TIMESCALE_CONNECTION} port={TIMESCALE_PORT} dbname={ERAS_DB} user={ERAS_USER} password={ERAS_PW} sslmode=require") as timescale_db_conn:
-        with timescale_db_conn.cursor(name="timescale_cursor").copy("COPY classification_events FROM STDIN DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER") as timescale_copy:
-            timescale_copy.write(open(f"prod_classifications_{output_file_no}.csv").read())
-    output_file_no += 1
-
-finish_time = datetime.now()
-print("CLASSIFICATIONS TIMESCALE backfill AFTER Time =", finish_time)