diff --git a/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_local.sh b/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_local.sh
index 847394668b3259d8028715b440c6ba4b7fec07eb..7e075d975dba0aa1e931df26e6b1ae40092bb1a6 100644
--- a/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_local.sh
+++ b/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_local.sh
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ if [ "${IS_LOCAL}" == "True" ]; then
     ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" mkdir -p ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}
 
     # Save filenames to be used later by other scripts.
-    ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" echo "${AN_FILE}" > ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/an_file.txt
-    ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" echo "${FG_FILE}" > ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/fg_file.txt
+    echo "${AN_FILE}" > an_file.txt
+    echo "${FG_FILE}" > fg_file.txt
+    rsync -v an_file.txt "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/an_file.txt"
+    rsync -v fg_file.txt "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/fg_file.txt"
+
 
     # Copy the first-guess and analysis files.
-    rsync "${FG_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${FG_FILE}"
-    rsync "${AN_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${AN_FILE}"
+    rsync -v "${FG_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${FG_FILE}"
+    rsync -v "${AN_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${AN_FILE}"
 
     # Change permissions to read only.
     ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" chmod 440 ./*
diff --git a/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh b/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh
index 3e9e8e10c49265b1fb2e74025ad682f6563e95ec..a1f41d033ff61659675a679e1f054a642f9b7740 100644
--- a/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh
+++ b/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ if [ "${IS_LOCAL}" == "0" ]; then
     ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" mkdir -p ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}
 
     # Save filenames to be used later by other scripts.
-    ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" echo "${AN_FILE}" > ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/an_file.txt
-    ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" echo "${FG_FILE}" > ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/fg_file.txt
+    echo "${AN_FILE}" > an_file.txt
+    echo "${FG_FILE}" > fg_file.txt
+    rsync -v an_file.txt "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/an_file.txt"
+    rsync -v fg_file.txt "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/fg_file.txt"
+
 
     # Copy the first-guess and analysis files.
-    rsync "${FG_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${FG_FILE}"
-    rsync "${AN_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${AN_FILE}"
+    rsync -v "${FG_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${FG_FILE}"
+    rsync -v "${AN_SOURCE}" "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/${AN_FILE}"
 
     # Change permissions to read only.
     ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" chmod 440 ./*