diff --git a/examples/lb_data/lb_data_file_generator.cc b/examples/lb_data/lb_data_file_generator.cc
index 53478a92d9..7b6ed04794 100644
--- a/examples/lb_data/lb_data_file_generator.cc
+++ b/examples/lb_data/lb_data_file_generator.cc
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   vt::finalize();
   return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/scripts/LBDatafile_schema.py b/scripts/LBDatafile_schema.py
index fadb471b32..bdbbeb84d2 100644
--- a/scripts/LBDatafile_schema.py
+++ b/scripts/LBDatafile_schema.py
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@
             },
         ]
     }
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
diff --git a/scripts/check_lb_data_files.sh b/scripts/check_lb_data_files.sh
index 7c6e79e9e9..66301ef535 100755
--- a/scripts/check_lb_data_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_lb_data_files.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -exo pipefail
+set -eo pipefail
 
 path_to_vt_build_dir=${1}
 path_to_vt_src_dir=${2}
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ cd "$path_to_vt_build_dir" || exit 1
 
 function run_schema_validator() {
     file=$1
-    echo ""
     echo "Running schema validator on: $file"
     if python3 "${path_to_vt_src_dir}/scripts/JSON_data_files_validator.py" --file_path="$file"
     then
@@ -19,23 +18,14 @@ function run_schema_validator() {
     fi
 }
 
-find . -iname "*.json" | grep -v "compile_commands" | while read f
-do
-    run_schema_validator "$f"
-done
-
-find "${path_to_vt_src_dir}/examples" -iname "*.json" | while read f
-do
-    run_schema_validator "$f"
-done
-
-find . -iname "*.json.br" | while read f
+find . "${path_to_vt_src_dir}/examples" -iname "*.json" -o -iname "*.json.br" \
+    | grep -v "compile_commands" | while read f
 do
     run_schema_validator "$f"
 done
 
 # Compare output of the lb_data_file_generator example with reference file
-if ! python3 "${path_to_vt_src_dir}/scripts/generate_and_validate_lb_data_file.py" \
+if ! python3 "${path_to_vt_src_dir}/scripts/compare_lb_data_file.py" \
     -f "${path_to_vt_build_dir}/examples/lb_data/lb_data_file_generator_1_LBDatafile.0.json" \
     -r "${path_to_vt_src_dir}/examples/lb_data/lb_data_file_example.json"
 then
diff --git a/scripts/generate_and_validate_lb_data_file.py b/scripts/compare_lb_data_file.py
similarity index 79%
rename from scripts/generate_and_validate_lb_data_file.py
rename to scripts/compare_lb_data_file.py
index 66ebd904c6..ce16b0d656 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_and_validate_lb_data_file.py
+++ b/scripts/compare_lb_data_file.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ def compare(file_to_validate, reference_file):
     """
     Compares file to validate wih reference
     """
-    print("Comparing '" + file_to_validate + "' with reference file '" + reference_file + "'.")
-
     with open(file_to_validate) as val_file, open(reference_file) as ref_file:
         to_validate = json.load(val_file)
         reference = json.load(ref_file)
@@ -16,18 +14,19 @@ def compare(file_to_validate, reference_file):
         is_valid = not len(diff.affected_paths)
 
         if not is_valid:
+            sys.stderr.write("Comparing '" + file_to_validate + "' with reference file '" + reference_file + "'... Failed!\n")
             sys.stderr.write("Detected differences:\n")
             json.dump(str(diff), sys.stderr, indent=4)
             sys.stderr.write("\n")
             sys.stderr.flush()
             sys.exit(1)
         else:
-            print("Comparison OK.")
+            print("Comparing '" + file_to_validate + "' with reference file '" + reference_file + "'... Status OK.")
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--file-to-check", "-f", dest='file', required=True)
-    parser.add_argument("--reference-file", "-r", dest='reference_file', required=False)
+    parser.add_argument("--reference-file", "-r", dest='reference_file', required=True)
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     compare(args.file, args.reference_file)