diff --git a/split_zip_into_under_5GB_chunks.py b/split_zip_into_under_5GB_chunks.py
index 3faea0e..8300142 100755
--- a/split_zip_into_under_5GB_chunks.py
+++ b/split_zip_into_under_5GB_chunks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#!/Users/shelbybark/code/cmg_split_zip_into_chunks/venv/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import zipfile
 import os
-from zipfile import ZipFile, ZIP_DEFLATED
-import io
+from io import BytesIO
 
 def get_zip_path():
     while True:
@@ -11,62 +11,39 @@ def get_zip_path():
         else:
             print(f"The file at {zip_path} does not exist. Please try again.")
 
-def split_and_zip(file_path):
+def split_zip(input_zip_path, output_folder, max_group_size=4.5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024):
+    # Ensure the output folder exists
+    base = os.path.basename(input_zip_path)
+    file_name = os.path.splitext(base)[0]
+    if not os.path.exists(output_folder):
+        os.makedirs(output_folder)
 
-    with ZipFile(file_path, 'r') as zip_ref:
-        total_size = 0
-        for file in zip_ref.namelist():
-            total_size += zip_ref.getinfo(file).file_size
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(input_zip_path, 'r') as source_zip:
+        members = source_zip.namelist()
+        group_size = 0
+        group_number = 1
 
-    # Define the maximum group size in bytes
-    max_group_size = 5 * 1024 ** 3
+        for member in members:
+            # Read the file content from the zip archive
+            with BytesIO(source_zip.read(member)) as file_content:
+                # Check if adding this file would exceed the maximum group size
+                if (group_size + len(file_content.getvalue())) > max_group_size:
+                    group_number += 1
+                    group_size = 0
 
-    # Calculate the number of groups
-    num_groups = -(-total_size // max_group_size)  # Ceiling division
+                output_zip_path = os.path.join(output_folder, f'{file_name}-group_{group_number}.zip')
 
-    # print(f"Total size: { round(total_size / 1024.0 / 1024.0 / 1024.0, 6)} GB")
-    print(f"Max group size: { max_group_size } GB")
-    print(f"Total size: { total_size } GB")
-    print(f"Number of groups: {num_groups}")
+                with zipfile.ZipFile(output_zip_path, 'a') as target_zip:
+                    target_zip.writestr(member, file_content.getvalue())
 
-    # Create a temporary directory for storing intermediate files
-    tmp_dir = 'temp'
-    os.makedirs(tmp_dir, exist_ok=True)
+                # Update the size of the current group
+                group_size += len(file_content.getvalue())
 
-    # Iterate over each group
-    for i in range(num_groups):
-        start_index = i * max_group_size
-        end_index = min((i + 1) * max_group_size, total_size)
-        
-        # Extract the files for this group from the zipped file
-        with ZipFile(file_path, 'r') as zip_file:
-            group_files = [(zip_file.infolist()[j].filename, 
-                            io.BytesIO(), 
-                            zip_file.open(zip_file.infolist()[j].filename, 'r')) 
-                           for j in range(start_index, end_index)]
+    print(f'Successfully split {input_zip_path} into {group_number} groups.')
 
-        # Write each file to a new zip file
-        with open(os.path.join(tmp_dir, f'group_{i}.zip'), 'wb') as group_zip:
-            group_zip.write(b'PK' + b'\x01\x0a' * 20)
-            for filename, buffer, file in group_files:
-                group_zip.write(f'{filename}\x00')
-                group_zip.writestr(filename, buffer.read())
-                del buffer
+# Example usage
+# input_zip_path = 'path/to/your/large.zip'
+input_zip_path = get_zip_path()
+output_folder = 'output'
 
-        # Clean up
-        os.remove(file_path)
-
-    # Zip the intermediate files into final zip files
-    for i in range(num_groups):
-        with open(os.path.join(tmp_dir, f'group_{i}.zip'), 'rb') as group_zip:
-            with ZipFile(f'output_group_{i}.zip', 'w', compression=ZIP_DEFLATED) as output_zip:
-                for file_info in group_zip.infolist():
-                    if file_info.filename.startswith('group_'):
-                        output_zip.writestr(file_info.filename[len('group_'):], group_zip.open(file_info.filename, 'r').read())
-
-    # Clean up
-    os.rmdir(tmp_dir)
-
-zip_file = get_zip_path()
-# split_and_zip('input.zip')
-split_and_zip(zip_file)
+split_zip(input_zip_path, output_folder)