diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 251345d8c55b5564b0345b3fc0b48dbf25477a19..9faf17c84cc1f7be0f6a94ce28803cfd405ea9f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ __pycache__
 /mapies.egg-info/
 /build/
 run/run-nord3.sh
+run/run_viirs.py
 grids/__pycache__
 util/__pycache__
 tests/__pycache__
diff --git a/mapies/viirs.py b/mapies/viirs.py
index e8d3aa83d5c09e7714a7470591d4fd18cf9e949a..437de267b5e16c1ea0865417d2e0a9945f442c57 100644
--- a/mapies/viirs.py
+++ b/mapies/viirs.py
@@ -258,11 +258,12 @@ class VIIRS(MAPIES):
                     )
                     
                     # Update the monthly dictionary
+                    valid_obs = final_obs > 0
                     self.monthly_dict[month] = {
-                    "lon": final_lon,
-                    "lat": final_lat,
-                    "obs": final_obs,
-                    "count": cumulative_count,
+                    "lon": final_lon[valid_obs],
+                    "lat": final_lat[valid_obs],
+                    "obs": final_obs[valid_obs],
+                    "count": cumulative_count[valid_obs],
                     }
                     print(f'Updated monthly dictionary for month {month}')
                     print(f'Lon shape: {final_lon.shape}, Lat shape: {final_lat.shape}, Obs shape: {final_obs.shape}')
@@ -281,10 +282,17 @@ class VIIRS(MAPIES):
                 final_lon, final_lat, final_obs, cumulative_count = self.process_monthly_data(
                     batch_size=batch_size, month=None
                 )
-                self.lon_values = final_lon
-                self.lat_values = final_lat
-                self.obs = final_obs
-                self.count_obs = cumulative_count
+                valid_obs = final_obs > 0
+                self.lon_values = final_lon[valid_obs]
+                self.lat_values = final_lat[valid_obs]
+                self.obs = final_obs[valid_obs]
+                self.count_obs = cumulative_count[valid_obs]
+
+                # self.lon_values = final_lon
+                # self.lat_values = final_lat
+                # self.obs = final_obs
+                # self.count_obs = cumulative_count
+                
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error processing data for the time period from {self.start_date} to {self.end_date}: {e}")
                 return
diff --git a/run/run_viirs.py b/run/run_viirs.py
index a3adc1536d6a25a55f1017b6d01b16292d2dce94..dfc2bc35b595b924db23d927832c5763de636c1e 100644
--- a/run/run_viirs.py
+++ b/run/run_viirs.py
@@ -6,32 +6,17 @@ import time
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Change these variables
     # 00:30 to 02:36 from 2024-01-01 to 2024-01-03
-    # start_date = "202401010030"
-    # end__datedate = "202401030236"
-
-    # 00:30 to 16:36 of 2024-01-01
     start_date = "202401010030"
-    end_date = "202401011636"
-
-    # ONE YEAR 
-    # start_date = "202401300000"
-    # end_date = "202412312359"
-    # end_date = "202402022359"
-
-    # ONE MONTH - JANUARY 2024
-    # start_date = "202401010000"
-    # end_date = "202401312359"
+    end_date = "202401030236"
 
+    filename_obs = '1month_obs.png'
+    filename_num_obs = '1month_num_obs.png'
 
-    outdir="/home/cmeikle/Projects/data/"
-    indir="/home/cmeikle/Projects/data/VIIRS"
-
-    #outdir = "/home/cgile/Documents/mapies/figures"
-    # indir = "/home/cgile/bscearth000/esarchive/obs/nasa/viirs_noaa20_aerdb_l2/original_files/VIIRS"
+    outdir = "/home/cgile/Documents/mapies/figures"
+    indir = "/home/cgile/bscearth000/esarchive/obs/nasa/viirs_noaa20_aerdb_l2/original_files/VIIRS"
     # indir = "/home/cgile/Documents/mapies/VIIRS"
     
-    filename_obs = 'carlotta'
-    filename_num_obs = 'carlotta'
+
 
     start_time = time.time()