Was there no way to private test this before I published it? I looked around and searched but i feel horrible when i publish an update and it breaks something.

Hello! The only way to private test is to pretty much launch Factorio with your mod file in Factorio's mods folder if you weren't already. You don't have to publish the mod and download it from the Mod Portal to test it.

Thanks for that.. I finally found the path to the mod files to place it in there instead of constantly publishing it! I appreciate the feedback.

C:\Users####\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\mods