diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 75426c02..9dae5e9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -164,6 +164,3 @@ cython_debug/
 #.idea/
 .vscode/settings.json
 history.txt
-
-# ignore default output directory
-output/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index af0b080a..7dfe2bae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 fastapi[standard]
 uvicorn
 fastapi-analytics
-click
 slowapi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cli.py b/src/cli.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f589542..00000000
--- a/src/cli.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-"""Command line interface for the ingestion behavior."""
-import os
-import click
-from ingest import ingest_from_query
-
-@click.group()
-def cli():
-    pass
-
-
-@click.command()
-@click.option("--local_path", help="Parent directory for repository.")
-@click.option("--sub_path", help="The sub-directory of the local repository.")
-@click.option("--branch", default="main", help="The branch to use.")
-@click.option("--user_name", help="The user name of the repository owner.")
-@click.option("--repo_name", help="The logical name of the repository.")
-@click.option("--slug", help="A slug for the repo.")
-@click.option("--output", 
-              default="output",
-              help="The directory containing the output artifacts.")
-def ingest(local_path, sub_path, branch, user_name, repo_name, output, slug):
-    """Ingest a repository to create LLM-friendly ingestible data."""
-    _do_ingest(local_path, sub_path, branch, user_name, repo_name, output, slug)
-
-def _do_ingest(local_path, sub_path, branch, user_name, repo_name, output, slug):
-    qry = {
-        "branch": branch,
-        "local_path": local_path,
-        "output": output,
-        "repo_name": repo_name,
-        "slug": slug,
-        "subpath": f"/{sub_path}",
-        "user_name": user_name,
-    }
-    rslt = ingest_from_query(qry)
-    # result is a tuple of three parts
-    # 1. The summary string
-    sum_fname = f"{qry['repo_name']}_summary.txt"
-    # 2. The tree structure
-    tree_fname = f"{qry['repo_name']}_tree.txt"
-    # 3. The file content
-    content_fname = f"{qry['repo_name']}_content.txt"
-    if not os.path.exists(output):
-        os.makedirs(output)
-    with open(f"{qry['output']}/{sum_fname}", "w") as f:
-        f.write(rslt[0])
-    click.echo(f"Summary written to {qry['output']}/{sum_fname}")
-    with open(f"{qry['output']}/{tree_fname}", "w") as f:
-        f.write(rslt[1])
-    click.echo(f"Tree written to {qry['output']}/{tree_fname}")
-    with open(f"{qry['output']}/{content_fname}", "w") as f:
-        f.write(rslt[2])
-    click.echo(f"Content written to {qry['output']}/{content_fname}")
-
-
-cli.add_command(ingest)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    cli()
diff --git a/src/ingest.py b/src/ingest.py
index bdace25d..da6ea803 100644
--- a/src/ingest.py
+++ b/src/ingest.py
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ def create_tree_structure(query: dict, node: Dict, prefix: str = "", is_last: bo
 def ingest_from_query(query: dict, ignore_patterns: List[str] = DEFAULT_IGNORE_PATTERNS, max_file_size: int = MAX_FILE_SIZE) -> Dict:
     """Main entry point for analyzing a codebase directory or single file."""
     
-    path = f"{query['local_path'].strip()}{query['subpath'].strip()}"
+    path = f"{query['local_path']}{query['subpath']}"
     if not os.path.exists(path):
-        raise ValueError(f"{path} cannot be found, make sure the repository is public")
+        raise ValueError(f"{query['slug']} cannot be found, make sure the repository is public")
     
     if query.get('type') == 'blob':
         if not os.path.isfile(path):