diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh b/video_prediction_tools/HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh
index 6d9a9cefa5d17adeb0321b1dd90b9dcb7f3a3a6a..0e77d1a9e8684ba5ab83e64458254a121205832b 100644
--- a/video_prediction_tools/HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ module purge
 
 # declare directory-variables which will be modified by generate_runscript.py
 # Note: source_dir is only needed for retrieving the base-directory
+source_dir=/my/trained/model/dir                # used by runscript generator only!
 checkpoint_dir=/my/trained/model/dir
 results_dir=/my/results/dir
 clim_f=/my/climtology/netcdf_file
diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh b/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh
index 24ecbb6fe043f2b1930348d6728f8c9d23c8f831..4bbefd537e505f063432302f6ff4f525d39da560 100644
--- a/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/no_HPC_scripts/visualize_postprocess_era5_template.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ fi
 
 # declare directory-variables which will be modified by generate_runscript.py
 # Note: source_dir is only needed for retrieving the base-directory
+source_dir=/my/trained/model/dir                # used by runscript generator only!
 checkpoint_dir=/my/trained/model/dir
 results_dir=/my/results/dir
+clim_f=/my/climtology/netcdf_file
 lquick=""
 
 # run postprocessing/generation of model results including evaluation metrics