diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
index 1628ae905446b4160ad1c36fece8e6137c85bcbf..b686976ea8dbb3e00feffe1c0f26180f463b9db3 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ min_year=`echo "${years[*]}" | sort -nr | tail -n1`
 # set some paths
 # note, that destination_dir is used during runtime to set a proper experiment directory
 exp_id=xxx                                          # experiment identifier is set by 'generate_workflow_runscripts.sh'
-source_dir=${SAVE_DIR}/extractedData
-destination_dir=${SAVE_DIR}/preprocessedData/era5-Y${min_year}to${max_year}M01to12
+source_dir=/p/project/deepacf/deeprain/video_prediction_shared_folder/extractedData
+destination_dir=/p/project/deepacf/deeprain/video_prediction_shared_folder/preprocessedData/era5-Y${min_year}to${max_year}M01to12
 script_dir=`pwd`
 
 # execute Python-scripts