diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/data_extraction_era5_template.sh b/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/data_extraction_era5_template.sh
index 3d3c2f3dbc54d294f392943a416cf3eef79be679..828ee276bf0e823e40ee8774af6b03a4d738b704 100644
--- a/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/data_extraction_era5_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/data_extraction_era5_template.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ n_nodes=3
 # Run data extraction
 for year in ${years}; do
   echo "Perform ERA5-data extraction for year ${year}"
-  python ../main_scripts/main_data_extraction.py  --source_dir ${source_dir} --target_dir ${destination_dir} \
+ mpirun -n ${n_nodes}  python ../main_scripts/main_data_extraction.py  --source_dir ${source_dir} --target_dir ${destination_dir} \
                                                        --year "${year}" --varslist_path ${varmap_file}
 done