diff --git a/app/js/app-cy.js b/app/js/app-cy.js
index f5f205f6..8ceafa56 100644
--- a/app/js/app-cy.js
+++ b/app/js/app-cy.js
@@ -660,7 +660,6 @@ module.exports = function (chiseInstance) {
             }); */
           }
           else{
-              console.log("source in newt", source)
               chiseInstance.addEdge(source, target, edgeParams, promptInvalidEdge);
               var addedEdge = cy.elements()[cy.elements().length - 1];
               var currentArrowScale = Number($('#arrow-scale').val());
diff --git a/app/js/app-menu.js b/app/js/app-menu.js
index eac9c628..9c6bf08e 100644
--- a/app/js/app-menu.js
+++ b/app/js/app-menu.js
@@ -236,12 +236,10 @@ module.exports = function() {
       var sbgnORsbml = appUtilities.filterMapTypeProperty(urlParams);
       if(sbgnORsbml == "true")
       {
-        console.log("sbml")
         sbmlProperty.sbmlMap = true
       }
       else
       {
-        console.log("sbgn")
         sbmlProperty.sbmlMap = false
       }
       
@@ -504,7 +502,6 @@ module.exports = function() {
     });
 
     $("#import-SBML-file").click(function () {
-      console.log("importing sbml file")
       $("#sbml-file").trigger('click');
     });
 
@@ -1206,7 +1203,6 @@ module.exports = function() {
         success: function (data) {
           // If response returns error display the message
           if(data.name==='Error' || data.error || data.name==='error'){
-            console.log(data);
             chiseSpinnerInstance.endSpinner("layout-spinner");
             promtErrorPD2AF.render(data.message);
           }else{
@@ -1250,7 +1246,6 @@ module.exports = function() {
           }
         },
         error: function (data) {
-          console.log(data);
           chiseSpinnerInstance.endSpinner("layout-spinner");
           if(data.status == 0)
             promtErrorPD2AF.render("Server might be offline!");
@@ -1512,7 +1507,6 @@ module.exports = function() {
       if(cy.elements().length == 0) {
         return;
       }
-      console.log("layout-spinner")
       chiseInstance.startSpinner("layout-spinner")
 
       setTimeout(() => {
@@ -1963,7 +1957,6 @@ module.exports = function() {
     // on active network tab change
     $(document).on('shown.bs.tab', '#network-tabs-list  a[data-toggle="tab"]', function (e) {
       var target = $(e.target).attr("href"); // activated tab
-      console.log(target);
       appUtilities.setActiveNetwork(target);
       inspectorUtilities.handleSBGNInspector();
     });
diff --git a/app/js/app-utilities.js b/app/js/app-utilities.js
index 2c1a647d..a668ca6b 100644
--- a/app/js/app-utilities.js
+++ b/app/js/app-utilities.js
@@ -3067,8 +3067,6 @@ appUtilities.launchWithModelFile = function() {
    function loadFromURL(filepath, chiseInstance, promptInvalidURLWarning){
 
    chiseInstance.startSpinner('paths-byURL-spinner');
-
-    console.log("loading form url")
   
     var loadCallbackSBGNMLValidity = function (text) {
       $.ajax({
@@ -3177,7 +3175,6 @@ appUtilities.launchWithModelFile = function() {
             }; };
             var layoutBy =  function() {
               appUtilities.triggerLayout(cyInstance, true);
-              console.log("in layoutBy")
           };
             if (xmlObject.children.item(0).getAttribute('xmlns:celldesigner')) {
               await chiseInstance.loadCellDesigner(file, success = async function (data) {
@@ -3200,7 +3197,6 @@ appUtilities.launchWithModelFile = function() {
               var sbgnOrSbml = sbmlProperty.sbmlMap; //True for sbml, false or undefined for sbgn
 
               // sbml file
-              console.log("loding sbml", typeof(sbgnOrSbml), sbgnOrSbml)
               if(sbgnOrSbml)
               {
                 await chiseInstance.loadSbmlForSBML(file,  success =  async function (data){
@@ -3254,7 +3250,6 @@ appUtilities.launchWithModelFile = function() {
   }
 
   function loadFromURI(uri, chiseInstance, promptInvalidURIWarning){
-    console.log("loading form uri")
 
     var queryURL = "http://www.pathwaycommons.org/pc2/get?uri="
           + uri + "&format=SBGN";
@@ -3277,18 +3272,15 @@ appUtilities.launchWithModelFile = function() {
           $(document).trigger('sbgnvizLoadFile', [filename, cyInstance]);
           $(document).trigger('sbgnvizLoadFromURI', [filename, cyInstance]);          
           chiseInstance.updateGraph(chiseInstance.convertSbgnmlToJson(xml, paramObj), undefined, currentLayoutProperties);
-          console.log("spinner ending")
           chiseInstance.endSpinner('paths-byURI-spinner');
           $(document).trigger('sbgnvizLoadFileEnd', [filename,  cyInstance]);
         }
         else {
-          console.log("spinner ending else")
           chiseInstance.endSpinner('paths-byURI-spinner');
           promptInvalidURIWarning.render();
         }
       },
       error: function(xhr, options, err){
-        console.log("spinner ending error")
         chiseInstance.endSpinner('paths-byURI-spinner');
         promptInvalidURIWarning.render();      }
     });
diff --git a/app/js/backbone-views.js b/app/js/backbone-views.js
index 2b06d354..6c6f51d0 100644
--- a/app/js/backbone-views.js
+++ b/app/js/backbone-views.js
@@ -2947,7 +2947,6 @@ var CommonStreamQueryView = Backbone.View.extend({
             url: "/utilities/testURL",
             data: { url: queryURL },
             success: function (data) {
-              console.log('recieved data:',data);
               if (!data.error && data.response.statusCode == 200) {
                 if (data.response.body !== "") {
                   var xml = $.parseXML(data.response.body);
@@ -2994,7 +2993,6 @@ var CommonStreamQueryView = Backbone.View.extend({
               chiseInstance.endSpinner("common-stream-spinner");
             },
             error: function (xhr, options, err) {
-              console.log(xhr,options,err);
               new PromptInvalidQueryView({
                 el: "#prompt-invalidQuery-table",
               }).render();
diff --git a/app/js/inspector-utilities.js b/app/js/inspector-utilities.js
index 79bf8c27..c535d931 100644
--- a/app/js/inspector-utilities.js
+++ b/app/js/inspector-utilities.js
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@ inspectorUtilities.handleSBGNInspector = function () {
     $("#sbgn-inspector-style-properties-panel").html(html);
 
     colorPickerUtils.bindPicker2Input('#inspector-fill-color', function() {
-      console.log("channging background")
       chiseInstance.changeData(selectedEles, 'background-color', $('#inspector-fill-color').val());
     });
     colorPickerUtils.bindPicker2Input('#inspector-border-color', function() {
@@ -873,7 +872,6 @@ inspectorUtilities.handleSBGNInspector = function () {
           type: 'GET',
           data: {url: url},
           success: function(data){
-            console.log(data);
             // here we can get 404 as well, for example, so there are still error cases to handle
             if (!data.error && data.response.statusCode == 200 && typeof applyBackground === 'function')
               applyBackground(node, bgObj);
@@ -1017,7 +1015,6 @@ inspectorUtilities.handleSBGNInspector = function () {
         else {
           hypothetical = false;        
         }
-        console.log("sbgnclass", sbgnclass)
 
         var nameToVal = {
           'width': selected.width(),