diff --git a/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py b/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
index 81c863f66f0e9f181912d7ae48e1c5af889695a6..c8a133196a8553677a899b100dbb099801fb8e86 100644
--- a/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
+++ b/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ def concat(t_dct_0, t_dct_1):
     return t_dct_0
 
 
-def get_aeolus_time_dict_s(files_path, lon360=False, do_sort=True):
+def get_aeolus_time_dict_s(files_path, lon360=False, do_sort=True, chan='mie'):
     ftimes = []
-    fnames = glob.glob(files_path + 'mie1day.out.*')
+    fnames = glob.glob(files_path + chan + '1day.out.*')
     time_dct = {}
     for pathname in fnames:
         fname = os.path.split(pathname)[1]