diff --git a/_drakeCleanFeeders.R b/_drakeCleanFeeders.R
index 1cfc5b2a176b0234cad9da3b1292bfcd6a141282..7e52faf547d07f47ba5f887a3ac2ddffc59183b5 100644
--- a/_drakeCleanFeeders.R
+++ b/_drakeCleanFeeders.R
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ makeLibs <- c("data.table", # data munching
 dataCleaning::loadLibraries(makeLibs)
 
 # Parameters ----
+updateData <- "yep" # edit this in any way (at all) to get drake to re-load the data
+updateReport <- "yep" # edit this in any way (at all) to get drake to re-load the data
 
 # Some data to play with:
 
diff --git a/make_cleanFeeders.R b/make_cleanFeeders.R
index a8fcfc3af540d6d270532c9154aecd51a4662f6a..fbf91a625f79c9e8031f9396b045b2fbc14ae1bb 100644
--- a/make_cleanFeeders.R
+++ b/make_cleanFeeders.R
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 # Set up ----
 startTime <- proc.time()
-updateData <- "yes" # edit this in any way (at all) to get drake to re-load the data
-updateReport <- "yes" # edit this to force re-render of .Rmd
 
 library(drake)
 # use r_make to run the plan inside a clean R session so nothing gets contaminated