diff --git a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
index d1f36a4f706ba5c9ca29b173088ace58f01aef00..a12ef90efdcca420f8f7b959b7a65a5dc5976c8f 100644
--- a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
+++ b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
@@ -43,16 +43,21 @@ def get_time_tuple_utc(timestamp):
 
 def get_bounding_gfs_files(timestamp):
     dt_obj, time_tup = get_time_tuple_utc(timestamp)
+    print(dt_obj)
     date_str = dt_obj.strftime(gfs_date_format)
-    dt_obj0 = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, gfs_date_format).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
-    dt_obj1 = dt_obj0 + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
-    date_str_1 = dt_obj1.strftime(gfs_date_format)
-
-    flist_0 = glob.glob(gfs_directory+'gfs.'+date_str+'??_F012.h5')
-    flist_1 = glob.glob(gfs_directory+'gfs.'+date_str_1+'00_F012.h5')
-    if (len(flist_0) == 0) or (len(flist_1) == 0):
+    dt_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, gfs_date_format).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    print(dt_obj)
+    dt_obj_r = dt_obj + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+    date_str_r = dt_obj_r.strftime(gfs_date_format)
+    dt_obj_l = dt_obj - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+    date_str_l = dt_obj_l.strftime(gfs_date_format)
+
+    flist_l = glob.glob(gfs_directory+'gfs.'+date_str_l+'??_F012.h5')
+    flist = glob.glob(gfs_directory+'gfs.'+date_str+'??_F012.h5')
+    flist_r = glob.glob(gfs_directory+'gfs.'+date_str_r+'??_F012.h5')
+    filelist = flist_l + flist + flist_r
+    if len(filelist) == 0:
         return None, None, None, None
-    filelist = flist_0 + flist_1
 
     ftimes = []
     for pname in filelist:  # TODO: make better with regular expressions (someday)