diff --git a/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/core/report/FileComparisonUtilities.java b/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/core/report/FileComparisonUtilities.java
index e5646299c..3d8be64a8 100644
--- a/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/core/report/FileComparisonUtilities.java
+++ b/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/core/report/FileComparisonUtilities.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (C) 1989-2023 PC2 Development Team: John Clevenger, Douglas Lane, Samir Ashoo, and Troy Boudreau.
+// Copyright (C) 1989-2024 PC2 Development Team: John Clevenger, Douglas Lane, Samir Ashoo, and Troy Boudreau.
 package edu.csus.ecs.pc2.core.report;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public static FileComparison createAwardJSONFileComparison(String jsonFilename,
 
                     fieldName = "team_ids";
                     valueOne = formatTeamList(firstAward.getTeam_ids());
-                    valueTwo = formatTeamList(firstAward.getTeam_ids());
+                    valueTwo = formatTeamList(clicsAward.getTeam_ids());
                     fieldCompareRecord = new FieldCompareRecord(fieldName, valueOne, valueTwo, null, key);
                     fileComparison.addfieldCompareRecord(fieldCompareRecord);
                     
diff --git a/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/exports/ccs/ResultsFile.java b/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/exports/ccs/ResultsFile.java
index f56ca0766..c5d91a549 100644
--- a/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/exports/ccs/ResultsFile.java
+++ b/src/edu/csus/ecs/pc2/exports/ccs/ResultsFile.java
@@ -106,9 +106,15 @@ public String[] createCSVFileLines(IInternalContest contest, Group group) {
 
         int median = getMedian(standingsRecords);
 
+        // if not finalized, make up "best guess" data.
+        // There should be constants somewhere that give the "current" gold/silver/bronze ranks; note that
+        // FinalizePane hard codes 4, 8, 12 in the text fields *ARGH*
+        // Should also be able to read the defaults at startup from the config files
+        // Here we just cobble together some half-assed finalized data
         if (finalizeData == null) {
-            String [] badbad = {"Contest not finalized cannot create awards"};
-            return badbad;
+            finalizeData = GenDefaultFinalizeData();
+//            String [] badbad = {"Contest not finalized cannot create awards"};
+//            return badbad;
         }
 
         // TODO finalizeData really needs a B instead of getBronzeRank
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ private int getMedian(StandingsRecord[] srArray) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create CCS restuls.tsv file contents.
+     * Create CCS results.tsv file contents.
      *
      * @param contest
      * @param resultFileTitleFieldName override title anem {@value #DEFAULT_RESULT_FIELD_NAME}.
@@ -249,8 +255,9 @@ public String[] createTSVFileLines(IInternalContest contest, Group group, String
         int median = getMedian(standingsRecords);
 
         if (finalizeData == null) {
-            String [] badbad = {"Contest not finalized cannot create awards"};
-            return badbad;
+            finalizeData = GenDefaultFinalizeData();
+//            String [] badbad = {"Contest not finalized cannot create awards"};
+//            return badbad;
         }
 
         // TODO finalizeData really needs a B instead of getBronzeRank
@@ -377,4 +384,18 @@ public String[] createTSVFileLinesTwo(IInternalContest contest) throws Exception
         return XMLUtilities.transformToArray(xmlString, xsltFileName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generate some default finalize data so we can make a results.tsv before the contest is finalized.
+     * @return FinalizeData object
+     */
+    private FinalizeData GenDefaultFinalizeData()
+    {
+        finalizeData = new FinalizeData();
+        finalizeData.setGoldRank(4);
+        finalizeData.setSilverRank(8);
+        finalizeData.setBronzeRank(12);
+        finalizeData.setCertified(false);
+        finalizeData.setComment("Preliminary Results - Contest not Finalized");
+        return(finalizeData);
+    }
 }