diff --git a/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py b/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py
index 80890b6f45dcde80aa75e9203a4a44ba25c7db01..8aedbf28ae01f8faa805e5dab83b347e0e42c00c 100644
--- a/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py
+++ b/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_mixed_sampling.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ class DataHandlerMixedSamplingSingleStation(DataHandlerSingleStation):
         self.make_samples()
 
     def load_and_interpolate(self, ind) -> [xr.DataArray, pd.DataFrame]:
-        data, self.meta = self.load_data(self.path[ind], self.station, self.statistics_per_var, self.sampling[ind],
+        vars = [self.variables, self.target_var]
+        stats_per_var = helpers.select_from_dict(self.statistics_per_var, vars[ind])
+        data, self.meta = self.load_data(self.path[ind], self.station, stats_per_var, self.sampling[ind],
                                          self.station_type, self.network, self.store_data_locally, self.data_origin,
                                          self.start, self.end)
         data = self.interpolate(data, dim=self.time_dim, method=self.interpolation_method,