diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08f10013a16b98afea3e9a8c2a58f51eeb06d7b3..01ca296747666fee411aedca6fbb15a554a0bb51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 .idea/
 /venv/
 /venv*/
+/build/
 
 # ignore HPC related skripts #
 ##############################
diff --git a/run_hourly.py b/run_hourly.py
index b831cf1e1ee733a3c652c6cea364013b44cf2c0d..a21c779bc007c7fbe67c98584687be3954e1d62c 100644
--- a/run_hourly.py
+++ b/run_hourly.py
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ import argparse
 from mlair.workflows import DefaultWorkflow
 
 
+def load_stations():
+    import json
+    try:
+        filename = 'supplement/station_list_north_german_plain.json'
+        with open(filename, 'r') as jfile:
+            stations = json.load(jfile)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        stations = None
+    return stations
+
+
 def main(parser_args):
 
     workflow = DefaultWorkflow(sampling="hourly", window_history_size=48, **parser_args.__dict__)
diff --git a/supplement/station_list_north_german_plain.json b/supplement/station_list_north_german_plain.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e92dee5facdd26f0ac044a3c8cbfeac4256bf56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supplement/station_list_north_german_plain.json
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+[
+"DENI031",
+"DESH016",
+"DEBB050",
+"DEHH022",
+"DEHH049",
+"DEHH021",
+"DEMV007",
+"DESH015",
+"DEBE062",
+"DEHH012",
+"DESH004",
+"DENI062",
+"DEBE051",
+"DEHH011",
+"DEHH023",
+"DEUB020",
+"DESH005",
+"DEBB039",
+"DEHH050",
+"DENI029",
+"DESH001",
+"DEBE001",
+"DEHH030",
+"DEHH018",
+"DEUB022",
+"DEBB038",
+"DEBB053",
+"DEMV017",
+"DENI063",
+"DENI058",
+"DESH014",
+"DEUB007",
+"DEUB005",
+"DEBB051",
+"DEUB034",
+"DEST089",
+"DEHH005",
+"DESH003",
+"DEUB028",
+"DESH017",
+"DEUB030",
+"DEMV012",
+"DENI052",
+"DENI059",
+"DENI060",
+"DESH013",
+"DEUB006",
+"DEMV018",
+"DEUB027",
+"DEUB026",
+"DEUB038",
+"DEMV001",
+"DEUB024",
+"DEUB037",
+"DESH008",
+"DEMV004",
+"DEUB040",
+"DEMV024",
+"DEMV026",
+"DESH056",
+"DEHH063",
+"DEUB001",
+"DEST069",
+"DEBB040",
+"DEBB028",
+"DEBB048",
+"DEBB063",
+"DEBB067",
+"DESH006",
+"DEBE008",
+"DESH012",
+"DEHH004",
+"DEBE009",
+"DEHH007",
+"DEBE005",
+"DEHH057",
+"DEHH047",
+"DEBE006",
+"DEBB110"
+]