diff --git a/templates/qc_report/celltypes_qc.rmd b/templates/qc_report/celltypes_qc.rmd
index 07a4e1da..2b69cccf 100644
--- a/templates/qc_report/celltypes_qc.rmd
+++ b/templates/qc_report/celltypes_qc.rmd
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Cell type Annotation Summary
 
+<!--
+This file is meant to be run as a child report within either `main_qc_report.rmd` or `celltypes_supplemental_report.rmd`. 
+-->
+
+
 ```{r}
 ## function definitions ##
 
@@ -86,14 +91,14 @@ lump_wrap_celltypes <- function(df, n_celltypes = 7, wrap = 35) {
 #' @param color_variable Column in data frame to color by, not a string.
 #' @param legend_title Title for legend.
 #' @param legend_nrow Number of rows in legend. Default is 2.
-#' @param point_size Point size
+#' @param point_size Point size. Default is 1
 #'
 #' @return UMAP plot as a ggplot2 object
 plot_umap <- function(
     umap_df,
     color_variable,
     legend_title,
-    point_size = point_size,
+    point_size = 1,
     legend_nrow = 2) {
   ggplot(umap_df) +
     aes(
@@ -131,14 +136,14 @@ plot_umap <- function(
 #' @param umap_df Data frame with UMAP1 and UMAP2 columns
 #' @param n_celltypes The number of cell types (facets) displayed in the plot
 #' @param annotation_column Column containing cell type annotations
-#' @param point_size Point size
+#' @param point_size Point size. Default is 1
 #'
 #' @return ggplot object containing a faceted UMAP where each cell type is a facet.
 #'   In each panel, the cell type of interest is colored and all other cells are grey.
 faceted_umap <- function(umap_df,
                          n_celltypes,
                          annotation_column,
-                         point_size = umap_facet_point_size) {
+                         point_size = 1) {
   # Determine legend y-coordinate based on n_celltypes
   if (n_celltypes %in% 7:8) {
     legend_y <- 0.33
@@ -283,6 +288,11 @@ glue::glue("
 ```{r, warning = FALSE}
 # Create data frame of cell types
 celltype_df <- create_celltype_df(processed_sce)
+
+# determine UMAP point sizing
+umap_points_sizes <- determine_umap_point_size(ncol(processed_sce))
+umap_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[1]
+umap_facet_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[2]
 ```
 
 
@@ -402,7 +412,8 @@ glue::glue("
 clusters_plot <- plot_umap(
   umap_df,
   cluster,
-  "Cluster"
+  "Cluster",
+  point_size = umap_point_size
 ) +
   ggtitle("UMAP colored by cluster identity")
 
@@ -447,7 +458,8 @@ if (has_submitter & has_umap) {
 faceted_umap(
   umap_df,
   submitter_n_celltypes,
-  submitter_celltype_annotation_lumped
+  submitter_celltype_annotation_lumped,
+  point_size = umap_facet_point_size
 ) +
   ggtitle("UMAP colored by submitter-provided annotations")
 ```
@@ -469,7 +481,8 @@ if (has_singler & has_umap) {
 faceted_umap(
   umap_df,
   singler_n_celltypes,
-  singler_celltype_annotation_lumped
+  singler_celltype_annotation_lumped,
+  point_size = umap_facet_point_size
 ) +
   ggtitle("UMAP colored by SingleR annotations")
 ```
@@ -490,7 +503,8 @@ if (has_cellassign & has_umap) {
 faceted_umap(
   umap_df,
   cellassign_n_celltypes,
-  cellassign_celltype_annotation_lumped
+  cellassign_celltype_annotation_lumped,
+  point_size = umap_facet_point_size
 ) +
   ggtitle("UMAP colored by CellAssign annotations")
 ```
diff --git a/templates/qc_report/celltypes_supplemental_report.rmd b/templates/qc_report/celltypes_supplemental_report.rmd
index c5b5ea9d..f57e474c 100644
--- a/templates/qc_report/celltypes_supplemental_report.rmd
+++ b/templates/qc_report/celltypes_supplemental_report.rmd
@@ -300,11 +300,6 @@ plot_height <- 1
 #  sample_id should be defined with length > 1
 sample_id <- metadata(processed_sce)$sample_id
 has_multiplex <- length(sample_id) > 1
-
-# determine UMAP point sizing
-umap_points_sizes <- determine_umap_point_size(ncol(processed_sce))
-umap_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[1]
-umap_facet_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[2]
 ```
 
 <!-- If multiplexed, open with warning  --> 
diff --git a/templates/qc_report/main_qc_report.rmd b/templates/qc_report/main_qc_report.rmd
index aac47d8a..8738adcf 100644
--- a/templates/qc_report/main_qc_report.rmd
+++ b/templates/qc_report/main_qc_report.rmd
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ if ((has_singler | has_cellassign) & is.null(params$celltype_report)) {
 # check if we have multiplex
 has_multiplex <- length(sample_id) > 1
 sample_types <- metadata(unfiltered_sce)$sample_type
-
-# determine UMAP point sizing
-umap_points_sizes <- determine_umap_point_size(ncol(processed_sce))
-umap_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[1]
-umap_facet_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[2]
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/templates/qc_report/umap_qc.rmd b/templates/qc_report/umap_qc.rmd
index 1a8fac5d..dd63bfa4 100644
--- a/templates/qc_report/umap_qc.rmd
+++ b/templates/qc_report/umap_qc.rmd
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 The below plot shows the UMAP (Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection) embeddings for each cell, coloring each cell by the total number of genes detected per cell.
 
+```{r}
+# determine UMAP point sizing
+umap_points_sizes <- determine_umap_point_size(ncol(processed_sce))
+umap_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[1]
+umap_facet_point_size <- umap_points_sizes[2]
+```
+
+
 ```{r message=FALSE}
 # create UMAP colored by number of genes detected
 scater::plotUMAP(