diff --git a/behavior/linearTrackBehavior.m b/behavior/linearTrackBehavior.m
index 411ff1b..74cec65 100644
--- a/behavior/linearTrackBehavior.m
+++ b/behavior/linearTrackBehavior.m
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 addParameter(p, 'norm_zero_to_one', false, @islogical); % normalize linear coords 0-1
 addParameter(p, 'maze_sizes', [], @isnumeric); % width of mazes in cm (must correspond with linear epochs)
 addParameter(p, 'split_linearize', false, @islogical); % make linear epoch by epoch
-addParameter(p, 'remove_extra_fields', false, @islogical); % removes extra FMA syle fields 'positionTrials','run','positionTrialsRun'
-addParameter(p, 'just_save_animal_behavior', false, @islogical); % true will only save animal behav file
+addParameter(p, 'remove_extra_fields', true, @islogical); % removes extra FMA syle fields 'positionTrials','run','positionTrialsRun'
+addParameter(p, 'just_save_animal_behavior', true, @islogical); % true will only save animal behav file
 addParameter(p, 'clean_tracker_jumps', false, @islogical);
 
 parse(p, varargin{:});
@@ -338,9 +338,7 @@
     saveas(gcf, [basepath, filesep, [basename, '.linearTrackBehavior.fig']]);
 end
 
-if remove_extra_fields
-    behavior = rmfield(behavior, {'positionTrials', 'run', 'positionTrialsRun', 'speedTh'});
-end
+behavior = rmfield(behavior, {'positionTrials', 'run', 'positionTrialsRun', 'speedTh'});
 
 %% Generate output variables
 if savemat
diff --git a/tutorials/pipelineFiringMaps/pipelineFiringMaps.m b/tutorials/pipelineFiringMaps/pipelineFiringMaps.m
index 2498399..9304f78 100644
--- a/tutorials/pipelineFiringMaps/pipelineFiringMaps.m
+++ b/tutorials/pipelineFiringMaps/pipelineFiringMaps.m
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@
     speed_smooth = get_SmoothedSpeed(behavior, MergePoints, epochs, orderKalmanVel, do_smooth, ...
         'smoothing_width', smoothing_width, 'figopt', doPlot);
     behavior.speed_smooth = speed_smooth';
-    if savedata
-        save(fullfile(basepath, [prefix, '.animal.behavior.mat']), 'behavior') % update behavior info
-    end
 end
 % use the smoothed speed?
 if use_smoothed_speed
diff --git a/tutorials/pipelineThetaSequences.m b/tutorials/pipelineThetaSequences.m
index c931182..3d2e8e9 100644
--- a/tutorials/pipelineThetaSequences.m
+++ b/tutorials/pipelineThetaSequences.m
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@
     run(diff(run,[],2)<0.5,:) = []; % remove run epochs lasting for less than 0.5s
     behavior.run = run;
     behavior.speed = speed(:,2)'; % replace old speed with this speed
-
-    % I recommend saving the running epochs in the behavior file:
-    save(fullfile(basepath,[basename '.animal.behavior.mat']),'behavior');
 end
 
 ok = InIntervals(thetacycles.timestamps,behavior.run);