diff --git a/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py b/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py
index 0a7adadb7d3c00ebd10dbff176feb4a8ff6b8d5f..f49cee73c0736384bc878751c3c26e968af91147 100644
--- a/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py
+++ b/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ class DataHandlerMixedSamplingSingleStation(DataHandlerSingleStation):
         return data
 
     def set_inputs_and_targets(self):
-        inputs = self._data[0].sel({self.target_dim: helpers.to_list(self.variables)})
-        targets = self._data[1].sel({self.target_dim: self.target_var})
-        self.input_data.data = inputs
-        self.target_data.data = targets
+        self.input_data = self._data[0].sel({self.target_dim: helpers.to_list(self.variables)})
+        self.target_data = self._data[1].sel({self.target_dim: helpers.to_list(self.target_var)})
 
     def setup_data_path(self, data_path, sampling):
         """Sets two paths instead of single path. Expects sampling arg to be a list with two entries"""