diff --git a/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_initial_state.py b/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_initial_state.py
index 967f429309828b829c10330cf8e419b060366c22..e178b371295cb572be15c6316f923bb441b0043a 100644
--- a/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_initial_state.py
+++ b/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_initial_state.py
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ config['bottom_flag'] = 1
 config['tank_flag'] = 1
 # ________________________snow______________________
 config['precip_flag'] = 0
-config['freeboard_snow_flag'] = 0  # < Niels, 2017
-config['snow_flush_flag'] = 1  # < Niels, 2017
+config['freeboard_snow_flag'] = 0
+config['snow_flush_flag'] = 1
+config['styropor_flag'] = 0
+config['lab_snow_flag'] = 0
 # ________________________debugging_____________________
 config['debug_flag'] = 1  # set to 2 for output of all ice layers each timestep
 # ________________________bgc_______________________
diff --git a/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_mosaic1.py b/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_mosaic1.py
index d593e40b6fc95b9f553bc94f47cd634c19593cd0..cc4e7ef44b0ea5852331578cfcc2756c8a36a448 100644
--- a/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_mosaic1.py
+++ b/Python_files/Code/build_config_files/build_config_mosaic1.py
@@ -128,29 +128,29 @@ data_spinup['downward thermal radiation adapted (W/m^2)'] = lw_spinup + 10
 # Concatenate Data
 data = pd.concat([data_spinup[0:-1], data_mosaic.rename(columns={'Snowrate (m/s)' : 'Snowfall (m/s)',
 'Downward thermal radiation (W/m^2)' : 'downward thermal radiation adapted (W/m^2)',
-'Downward solar radiation (W/m^2)' : 'downward solar radiation (W/m^2)'})], axis=0)
+'Downward solar radiation (W/m^2)' : 'downward solar radiation (W/m^2)'})], axis=0, sort=True)
 
 path = r'../../../input'
 # snow only use 10% of calculated snow rate - uniform for whole time series
 snow = data['Snowfall (m/s)']/10
 # Increase snow rates at beginning of ts to get thicker snow right at the beginning
 snow['2019-01'] = snow['2019-01'] * 10
-snow.to_csv(path + r'\precip_l.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
+snow.to_csv(path_input + r'/precip_l.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
 
 # LW
-data['downward thermal radiation adapted (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path + r'\fl_lw.txt', header=False, index=False,
+data['downward thermal radiation adapted (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path_input + r'/fl_lw.txt', header=False, index=False,
                                                   float_format='%.7e')
 # SW
-data['downward solar radiation (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path + r'\fl_sw.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
+data['downward solar radiation (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path_input + r'/fl_sw.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
 
 # latent
-data['latent_hf (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path + r'\fl_lat.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
+data['latent_hf (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path_input + r'/fl_lat.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
 
 # sensible
-data['sensible_hf (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path + r'\fl_sen.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
+data['sensible_hf (W/m^2)'].to_csv(path_input + r'/fl_sen.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
 
 # temperature - convert to °C
-(data['2m temp (K)']-273.15).to_csv(path + r'\T2m.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
+(data['2m temp (K)']-273.15).to_csv(path_input + r'/T2m.txt', header=False, index=False, float_format='%.7e')
 
 
 # **********************************************************************************************************************
diff --git a/Run_specifics/config.json b/Run_specifics/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a847c060020a0f82cdd4eeb7cc64f73a2cf76bcd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Run_specifics/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "start_time": "2022-01-01 00:00:00",
-    "dt": 60,
-    "time": 0.0,
-    "time_out": 302400.0,
-    "time_total": 65318400.0,
-    "length_input": 1088640.0,
-    "timestep_data": 60,
-    "thick_0": 0.03,
-    "Nlayer": 20,
-    "N_active": 1,
-    "N_top": 5,
-    "N_bottom": 5,
-    "N_middle": 10,
-    "boundflux_flag": 2,
-    "albedo_flag": 2,
-    "grav_heat_flag": 1,
-    "flush_heat_flag": 1,
-    "flood_flag": 2,
-    "flush_flag": 5,
-    "grav_flag": 2,
-    "harmonic_flag": 2,
-    "prescribe_flag": 1,
-    "salt_flag": 1,
-    "turb_flag": 2,
-    "bottom_flag": 1,
-    "tank_flag": 1,
-    "precip_flag": 0,
-    "freeboard_snow_flag": 0,
-    "snow_flush_flag": 1,
-    "styropor_flag": 0,
-    "lab_snow_flag": 0,
-    "debug_flag": 1,
-    "bgc_flag": 1,
-    "initial_state_flag": 1,
-    "tank_depth": 1,
-    "alpha_flux_stable": 15,
-    "alpha_flux_instable": 22,
-    "N_bgc": 2,
-    "bgc_bottom_1": 385,
-    "bgc_bottom_2": 385,
-    "thick_1": 0.03,
-    "m_1": 30.84,
-    "S_abs_1": 1048.56,
-    "H_abs_1": 0
-}
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diff --git a/Run_specifics/description.txt b/Run_specifics/description.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7aea20fb332e5989408bb94b1e09d26141927a17..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Run_specifics/description.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Testcase_3
\ No newline at end of file