diff --git a/src/run_modules/pre_processing.py b/src/run_modules/pre_processing.py
index 4660a8116b6d0b860a7d0d50b92cee5e0deb77d8..fc8f31d39dca2473d7f25dbfe307eeab6de92d19 100644
--- a/src/run_modules/pre_processing.py
+++ b/src/run_modules/pre_processing.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class PreProcessing(RunEnvironment):
         else:
             set_stations = stations[index_list]
         logging.debug(f"{set_name.capitalize()} stations (len={len(set_stations)}): {set_stations}")
-        set_stations = self.check_valid_stations(args, kwargs, set_stations)
+        set_stations = self.check_valid_stations(args, kwargs, set_stations, load_tmp=False)
         self.data_store.set("stations", set_stations, scope)
         set_args = self.data_store.create_args_dict(DEFAULT_ARGS_LIST, scope)
         data_set = DataGenerator(**set_args, **kwargs)