diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4006337..93c352a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Axinite uses a derivative of the **semantic versioning system** to record change
 - Patch increments represent bug fixes, modifications that don't directly affect users, progress towards a milestone/goal, or other small changes.
 
 Although releases are only created for every minor or major increment, patch increments are still uploaded to PyPI.
+## 1.22.16 (2/3/25)
+- Fixed combine method including the path attribute
 ## 1.22.11 - 1.22.15 (2/1/25)
 - Made sure to include `scipy` in the dependencies
 - Stopped VPython from opening on import
diff --git a/axinite/__init__.py b/axinite/__init__.py
index 7cc80ea..61ef6f8 100644
--- a/axinite/__init__.py
+++ b/axinite/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 using various methods, and loading simulation data.
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.22.15"
+__version__ = "1.22.16"
 
 from axinite.body import Body
 from axinite.functions import vector_magnitude_jit, unit_vector_jit, gravitational_force_jit, body_dtype, \
diff --git a/axinite/tools/combine.py b/axinite/tools/combine.py
index a06f874..103a0b1 100644
--- a/axinite/tools/combine.py
+++ b/axinite/tools/combine.py
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ def combine(meta: dict, file: dict, indent=4) -> str:
     filedata = json.loads(file)
     if "name" in metadata and "name" in filedata: del filedata['name']
     if "author" in metadata and "author" in filedata: del filedata['author']
+    del metadata['path']
     combined = {**metadata, **filedata}
     return json.dumps(combined, indent=indent)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e19213..6e4af4e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "axinite"
-version = "1.22.15"
+version = "1.22.16"
 dependencies = ["numpy", "numba", "vpython", "plotly", "scipy"]
 authors = [{ name = "Jewels", email = "jewels@jewels86.me" }]
 maintainers = [{ name = "Jewels", email = "jewels@jewels86.me" }]