diff --git a/MOM_input b/MOM_input
index 4e5df49..a4819e0 100644
--- a/MOM_input
+++ b/MOM_input
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ DTFREEZE_DP = -7.75E-08         !   [deg C Pa-1] default = 0.0
                                 ! When TFREEZE_FORM=LINEAR, this is the derivative of the freezing potential
                                 ! temperature with pressure.
 
+EPS_OMESH = 1e-13
+                                ! "default = 0.0001
+                                ! An float which sets the allowable error (in degrees) between
+                                ! grid angle defined in the ESMF mesh file used by CMEPS
+                                ! and the ocean_hgrid file used by mom
+
 ! === module MOM_tracer_flow_control ===
 USE_IDEAL_AGE_TRACER = True     !   [Boolean] default = False
                                 ! If true, use the ideal_age_example tracer package.
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 1ed2e5f..79a0101 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ input:
     - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/mom/grids/vertical/global.1deg/2023.07.28/ocean_vgrid.nc
     - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/mom/initial_conditions/global.1deg/2020.10.22/ocean_temp_salt.res.nc
     - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/mom/surface_salt_restoring/global.1deg/2020.05.30/salt_sfc_restore.nc
-    - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2020.05.30/grid.nc
-    - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2020.10.22/kmt.nc
+    - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2024.05.14/grid.nc
+    - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2024.05.14/kmt.nc
     - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/initial_conditions/global.1deg/2023.07.28/iced.1900-01-01-10800.nc
     - /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/JRA-55/RYF/v1-4/data
  
 collate: false
 runlog: false
+metadata: 
+    enable: false
 
 userscripts:
     setup: ./setup_cice_restarts.sh
diff --git a/ice_in b/ice_in
index 4d13bdc..e0bb68f 100644
--- a/ice_in
+++ b/ice_in
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 &setup_nml
   bfbflag = "off" 
   conserv_check = .false.
-  debug_forcing = .true.
-  debug_model = .true.
   diagfreq = 960
   dumpfreq = "y"
   dump_last = .true.
   histfreq = "d", "m", "x", "x", "x"
+  hist_time_axis = "middle"
+  history_deflate = 1
+  history_chunksize = 180, 150
   history_precision = 8
+  restart_deflate = 1
   ice_ic = "./input/iced.1900-01-01-10800.nc"
   lcdf64 = .false.
   npt = 35040
@@ -123,12 +125,26 @@
   f_fsurfn_ai = "m"
   f_hi = "md"
   f_hs = "md"
+  f_sifb = "md"
   f_snoice = "md"
   f_uvel = "md" , f_vvel = "md"
   f_vicen = "m"
   !-----------------------------------
   ! These fields are on by default (in ice_history_shared.F90) but lets turn them off
   !-----------------------------------
+  f_tlon         = .false. , f_tlat         = .false.
+  f_ulon         = .false. , f_ulat         = .false.
+  f_nlon         = .false. , f_nlat         = .false.
+  f_elon         = .false. , f_elat         = .false.
+  f_tmask        = .false. , f_umask        = .false.
+  f_nmask        = .false. , f_emask        = .false.
+  f_tarea        = .false. , f_uarea        = .false.
+  f_narea        = .false. , f_earea        = .false.
+  f_dxt          = .false. , f_dyt          = .false.
+  f_dxu          = .false. , f_dyu          = .false.
+  f_dxe          = .false. , f_dye          = .false.
+  f_dxn          = .false. , f_dyn          = .false.
+  f_HTN          = .false. , f_HTE          = .false.
   f_albpnd = 'x'
   f_atmdir = 'x' , f_atmspd = 'x'
   f_coszen = 'x'
diff --git a/manifests/input.yaml b/manifests/input.yaml
index 5c9d40e..f8d0a48 100644
--- a/manifests/input.yaml
+++ b/manifests/input.yaml
@@ -77,20 +77,20 @@ work/input/access-om2-1deg-nomask-ESMFmesh.nc:
     binhash: 07cb65372f403b87b3002134ea2c31eb
     md5: 9b7120a42b5cb587492e7c31791eb549
 work/input/grid.nc:
-  fullpath: /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2020.05.30/grid.nc
+  fullpath: /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2024.05.14/grid.nc
   hashes:
-    binhash: c7cb377ba3a6b159b625b5fa3b6ea377
-    md5: 1213e346055ee073fe33dc12578d99c6
+    binhash: 60ac2869d4521fd6441a90b519d9bce0
+    md5: 544a40b634c182f3e182da6bcbe8be7b
 work/input/iced.1900-01-01-10800.nc:
   fullpath: /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/initial_conditions/global.1deg/2023.07.28/iced.1900-01-01-10800.nc
   hashes:
     binhash: a88d7f33c7eef8f6870773f7cc47fc28
     md5: 87c012d60c58c65bb56caa98779e5e51
 work/input/kmt.nc:
-  fullpath: /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2020.10.22/kmt.nc
+  fullpath: /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/cice/grids/global.1deg/2024.05.14/kmt.nc
   hashes:
-    binhash: 0c0a298f90d40f05cf1893efbc2b8083
-    md5: 1f9806c646a620378e5257e480bc9df7
+    binhash: 6fd7a86039ea089fffc371390c14d77a
+    md5: 4dae75252ac93467f10ea26e833e13d2
 work/input/ocean_hgrid.nc:
   fullpath: /g/data/vk83/experiments/inputs/access-om3/mom/grids/mosaic/global.1deg/2020.05.30/ocean_hgrid.nc
   hashes:
diff --git a/nuopc.runconfig b/nuopc.runconfig
index 595c4d8..407b0e0 100644
--- a/nuopc.runconfig
+++ b/nuopc.runconfig
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ ATM_attributes::
 ::
 
 ICE_attributes::
+     eps_imesh = 1e-13 # allowed error between angles in mesh file and cice grid
      Verbosity = off
 ::