diff --git a/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py b/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py
index 68cdab59b..ee19cf886 100644
--- a/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py
+++ b/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class AnimatedScatter(object):
     """An animated scatter plot using matplotlib.animations.FuncAnimation."""
 
     def __init__(self, sim, animfile, title, nskip=1):
-        nframes = int(sim.enc['time'].size)
+        self.ds = sim.enc.mean(dim="encounter") # Reduce out the encounter dimension
+        nframes = int(self.ds['time'].size)
         self.sim = sim
         self.title = title
         self.body_color_list = {'Initial conditions': 'xkcd:windows blue',
@@ -106,11 +107,10 @@ def setup_plot(self):
         fig = plt.figure(figsize=figsize, dpi=300)
         plt.tight_layout(pad=0)
 
-
         # Calculate the distance along the y-axis between the colliding bodies at the start of the simulation.
         # This will be used to scale the axis limits on the movie.
-        rhy1 = sim.enc['rh'].isel(time=0).sel(name="Body1",space='y').values[()]
-        rhy2 = sim.enc['rh'].isel(time=0).sel(name="Body2",space='y').values[()]
+        rhy1 = self.ds['rh'].isel(time=0).sel(name="Body1",space='y').values[()]
+        rhy2 = self.ds['rh'].isel(time=0).sel(name="Body2",space='y').values[()]
 
         scale_frame =   abs(rhy1) + abs(rhy2)
         ax = plt.Axes(fig, [0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8])
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def center(Gmass, x, y):
 
     def data_stream(self, frame=0):
         while True:
-            ds = self.sim.enc.isel(time=frame)
+            ds = self.ds.isel(time=frame)
             ds = ds.where(ds['name'] != "Sun", drop=True)
             radius = ds['radius'].values
             Gmass = ds['Gmass'].values
@@ -181,4 +181,4 @@ def data_stream(self, frame=0):
         sim.set_parameter(fragmentation=True, fragmentation_save="TRAJECTORY", gmtiny=gmtiny, minimum_fragment_gmass=minimum_fragment_gmass, verbose=False)
         sim.run(dt=1e-4, tstop=2.0e-3, istep_out=1, dump_cadence=0)
 
-        anim = AnimatedScatter(sim,movie_filename,movie_titles[style],nskip=1)
+        anim = AnimatedScatter(sim,movie_filename,movie_titles[style],nskip=1)
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diff --git a/python/swiftest/swiftest/io.py b/python/swiftest/swiftest/io.py
index f4be8a56a..f03fb622f 100644
--- a/python/swiftest/swiftest/io.py
+++ b/python/swiftest/swiftest/io.py
@@ -823,9 +823,10 @@ def process_netcdf_input(ds, param):
         ds = fix_types(ds,ftype=np.float32)
     ds = ds.where(ds.id >=0 ,drop=True)
     # Check if the name variable contains unique values. If so, make name the dimension instead of id
-    if "name" not in ds.dims and len(np.unique(ds['name'])) == len(ds['name']):
-        ds = ds.swap_dims({"id" : "name"})
-        ds = ds.reset_coords("id")
+    if "id" in ds.dims:
+        if len(np.unique(ds['name'])) == len(ds['name']):
+            ds = ds.swap_dims({"id" : "name"})
+            ds = ds.reset_coords("id")
 
     return ds
 
@@ -855,14 +856,14 @@ def swiftest2xr(param, verbose=True):
 
     return ds
 
-def xstrip(a):
+def xstrip_nonstr(a):
     """
     Cleans up the string values in the DataSet to remove extra white space
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     a    : xarray dataset
- 
+
     Returns
     -------
     da : xarray dataset with the strings cleaned up
@@ -870,6 +871,22 @@ def xstrip(a):
     func = lambda x: np.char.strip(x)
     return xr.apply_ufunc(func, a.str.decode(encoding='utf-8'),dask='parallelized')
 
+def xstrip_str(a):
+    """
+    Cleans up the string values in the DataSet to remove extra white space
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    a    : xarray dataset
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    da : xarray dataset with the strings cleaned up
+    """
+    func = lambda x: np.char.strip(x)
+    return xr.apply_ufunc(func, a,dask='parallelized')
+
+
 def string_converter(da):
     """
     Converts a string to a unicode string 
@@ -883,9 +900,10 @@ def string_converter(da):
     da : xarray dataset with the strings cleaned up
     """
     if da.dtype == np.dtype(object):
-       da = da.astype('<U32')
+        da = da.astype('<U32')
+        da = xstrip_str(da)
     elif type(da.values[0]) != np.str_:
-       da = xstrip(da)
+        da = xstrip_nonstr(da)
     return da
 
 def char_converter(da):
@@ -903,7 +921,7 @@ def char_converter(da):
     if da.dtype == np.dtype(object):
         da = da.astype('<U1')
     elif type(da.values[0]) != np.str_:
-        da = xstrip(da)
+        da = xstrip_nonstr(da)
     return da
 
 def clean_string_values(ds):