 document.getElementById("addOutputFolderPath").addEventListener("click", add_output_folder_path);
            document.getElementById("removeOutputs").addEventListener("click", remove_outputs);
            document.getElementById("addLogData").addEventListener("click", add_log);
            document.getElementById("removeLogData").addEventListener("click", remove_log);
        }

        // function to add an alert to the admin page
        function add_alert(message, category, timeout = 10000) {
         