diff --git a/MOM6_GEOSPlug/mom6_app/72x36/MOM_input b/MOM6_GEOSPlug/mom6_app/72x36/MOM_input
index 80f8b85..472592c 100755
--- a/MOM6_GEOSPlug/mom6_app/72x36/MOM_input
+++ b/MOM6_GEOSPlug/mom6_app/72x36/MOM_input
@@ -166,13 +166,14 @@ INIT_LAYERS_FROM_Z_FILE = True  !   [Boolean] default = False
                                 ! Z-space file on a latitude-longitude grid.
 
 ! === module MOM_initialize_layers_from_Z ===
-TEMP_Z_INIT_FILE = "woa18_decav_t01_04.nc" ! default = ""
-                                ! The name of the z-space input file used to initialize temperatures, only.
-SALT_Z_INIT_FILE = "woa18_decav_s01_04.nc" ! default = ""
-                                ! The name of the z-space input file used to initialize temperatures, only.
-Z_INIT_FILE_PTEMP_VAR = "p_an" ! default = "ptemp"
+TEMP_SALT_Z_INIT_FILE = "WOA18_decav_TPOTS_monthly_fulldepth_01.nc" ! default = "temp_salt_z.nc"
+                                ! The name of the z-space input file used to initialize temperatures (T) and
+                                ! salinities (S). If T and S are not in the same file, TEMP_Z_INIT_FILE and
+                                ! SALT_Z_INIT_FILE must be set.
+Z_INIT_FILE_PTEMP_VAR = "ptemp" ! default = "ptemp"
                                 ! The name of the potential temperature variable in TEMP_Z_INIT_FILE.
-Z_INIT_FILE_SALT_VAR = "s_an"   ! default = "salt"
+Z_INIT_FILE_SALT_VAR = "salt"   ! default = "salt"
+                                ! The name of the salinity variable in SALT_Z_INIT_FILE.
 
 ! === module MOM_diag_mediator ===