diff --git a/github-actions/utils/retrieve-label-directory.js b/github-actions/utils/retrieve-label-directory.js
index e027063d5d..ad3cf31471 100644
--- a/github-actions/utils/retrieve-label-directory.js
+++ b/github-actions/utils/retrieve-label-directory.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 
 // Global variables
 var filepath = 'github-actions/utils/_data/label-directory.json';
-var labelData;
+
 /*
  * Matches label reference name(s) to the label display name(s) from JSON
  * @param {string } filepath     - Path to `label_directory.json`
@@ -12,39 +12,74 @@ var labelData;
 function labelRetrieveNames(...labelKeys) {
 
   // Retrieve label directory
-  if (labelData === undefined) {
-    console.log(`creating Label Data`);
-    const rawData = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
-    labelData = JSON.parse(rawData);
-  } else {
-    console.log(`data exists`);
-  }
- 
-  let displayNames = '';
-  for(let labelKey of labelKeys) {
-    console.log(labelKey);
-    try {
-      displayNames.push(labelData[labelKey][0]);
-      console.log(`Success! Found labelKey: '${labelKey}', returning labelName: '${labelData[labelKey][0]}'`);
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error(`Failed to find labelKey: '${labelKey}'`)
-    }
-  }
-/*
-  console.log(labelKeys);
-  let displayNames = '';
+  const rawData = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
+  const data = JSON.parse(rawData);
+
+  const displayNames = [ ];
   for(let labelKey of labelKeys) {
-    console.log(labelKey);
     try {
-      displayNames.push(labelData[labelKeys][0]);
-      console.log(`Success! Found labelKey: '${labelKey}', returning labelName: '${labelData[labelKeys][0]}'`);
+      displayNames.push(data[labelKey][0]);
+      console.log(`Success! Found labelKey: '${labelKey}', returning labelName: '${data[labelKey][0]}'`);
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(`Failed to find labelKey: '${labelKey}'`)
     }
   }
-  */
+
   return displayNames;
 }
 
-
 module.exports = labelRetrieveNames;
+
+
+
+
+// const fs = require('fs');
+
+// // Global variables
+// var filepath = 'github-actions/utils/_data/label-directory.json';
+// var labelData;
+// /*
+//  * Matches label reference name(s) to the label display name(s) from JSON
+//  * @param {string } filepath     - Path to `label_directory.json`
+//  * @param {Array} labelKeys       - List of reference names to look up display names
+//  * @return {Array} displayNames  - List of display names
+//  */
+// function labelRetrieveNames(...labelKeys) {
+
+//   // Retrieve label directory
+//   if (labelData === undefined) {
+//     console.log(`creating Label Data`);
+//     const rawData = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
+//     labelData = JSON.parse(rawData);
+//   } else {
+//     console.log(`data exists`);
+//   }
+ 
+//   let displayNames = '';
+//   for(let labelKey of labelKeys) {
+//     console.log(labelKey);
+//     try {
+//       displayNames.push(labelData[labelKey][0]);
+//       console.log(`Success! Found labelKey: '${labelKey}', returning labelName: '${labelData[labelKey][0]}'`);
+//     } catch (err) {
+//       console.error(`Failed to find labelKey: '${labelKey}'`)
+//     }
+//   }
+// /*
+//   console.log(labelKeys);
+//   let displayNames = '';
+//   for(let labelKey of labelKeys) {
+//     console.log(labelKey);
+//     try {
+//       displayNames.push(labelData[labelKeys][0]);
+//       console.log(`Success! Found labelKey: '${labelKey}', returning labelName: '${labelData[labelKeys][0]}'`);
+//     } catch (err) {
+//       console.error(`Failed to find labelKey: '${labelKey}'`)
+//     }
+//   }
+//   */
+//   return displayNames;
+// }
+
+
+// module.exports = labelRetrieveNames;