diff --git a/config/cluster.py b/config/cluster.py
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+++ b/config/cluster.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import os, sys
+import datetime as dt
+from dartwrf import utils
+from config.cfg import exp
+
+"""Configuration name docs
+
+When coding, use attributes of a dictionary like this: 
+$ from cfg import exp, cluster
+$ path = cluster.archivedir
+
+
+attribute name    |     description
+------------------------------------------------------
+name                    any string (currently unused)
+
+python                  path of python version to use
+python_enstools         path of python version to use for verification script (not provided)
+ncks                    path to 'ncks' program; type 'which ncks' to find the path,
+                            if it doesn't exist, try to load the module first ('module load nco')
+ideal                   path to WRF's ideal.exe
+wrfexe                  path to WRF's wrf.exe
+
+wrf_rundir_base         path for temporary files for WRF
+dart_rundir_base        path for temporary files for DART
+archive_base            path for long-time output storage
+
+srcdir                  path to where WRF has been compiled, including the 'run' folder of WRF, e.g. /home/WRF-4.3/run
+dart_srcdir             path to DART compile directory, e.g. /home/DART-9.11.9/models/wrf/work
+rttov_srcdir            path to RTTOV compile directory, e.g. /home/RTTOV13/rtcoef_rttov13/
+scriptsdir              path where DART-WRF scripts reside, e.g. /home/DART-WRF/scripts
+
+namelist                path to a namelist template; strings like <hist_interval>, will be overwritten in scripts/prepare_namelist.py
+run_WRF                 path to script which runs WRF on a node of the cluster
+obs_impact_filename     path to obs_impact_filename (see DART guide; module assim_tools_mod and program obs_impact_tool)
+geo_em                  path to NetCDF file of WRF domain (see WRF guide)
+
+slurm_cfg               python dictionary, containing options of SLURM
+                            defined in SLURM docs (https://slurm.schedmd.com/sbatch.html)
+                            this configuration can be overwritten later on, for example:
+                            'dict(cluster.slurm_cfg, **cfg_update)' where
+                            'cfg_update = {"nodes": "2"}'
+"""
+
+cluster = utils.ClusterConfig(exp)
+cluster.name = 'srvx1'
+cluster.max_nproc = 6
+cluster.use_slurm = False
+
+# binaries
+cluster.python = '/users/staff/lkugler/miniconda3/bin/python'
+cluster.python_verif = '/users/staff/lkugler/miniconda3/bin/python'
+cluster.ncks = '/home/swd/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-skylake_avx512/gcc-8.5.0/nco-5.0.1-ntu44aoxlvwtr2tsrobfr4lht7cpvccf/bin/ncks'
+cluster.ideal = '' #/jetfs/home/lkugler/bin/ideal-v4.3_v1.22.exe'
+cluster.wrfexe = '' #/jetfs/home/lkugler/bin/wrf-v4.3_v1.22.exe'
+cluster.container = ''
+
+# paths for data output
+cluster.wrf_rundir_base = '/users/staff/lkugler/AdvDA23/run_WRF/'  # path for temporary files
+cluster.dart_rundir_base = '/users/staff/lkugler/AdvDA23/run_DART/'  # path for temporary files
+cluster.archive_base = '/mnt/jetfs/scratch/lkugler/data/sim_archive/'
+
+# paths used as input
+cluster.srcdir = '/users/staff/lkugler/AdvDA23/DART/WRF-4.3/run'
+cluster.dart_srcdir = '/users/staff/lkugler/AdvDA23/DART/models/wrf/work'
+cluster.rttov_srcdir = '/users/staff/lkugler/AdvDA23/RTTOV13/rtcoef_rttov13/'
+cluster.scriptsdir = '/users/staff/lkugler/AdvDA23/DART-WRF/dartwrf/'
+cluster.geo_em = '/mnt/jetfs/scratch/lkugler/data/geo_em.d01.nc'
+
+# templates/run scripts
+cluster.namelist = cluster.scriptsdir+'/../templates/namelist.input'
+cluster.run_WRF = cluster.scriptsdir+'/run_ens.jet.sh'
+
+cluster.slurm_cfg = {"account": "lkugler", "partition": "compute",
+                 "ntasks": "1", "ntasks-per-core": "1", "mem": "50G",
+                 "mail-type": "FAIL", "mail-user": "lukas.kugler@univie.ac.at"}
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 9cdceeb7fa4d766e7ae0dd4e4bbfd320f48f20f0..7e37f1698f5cb72b0c713bdb8b7b4b3b261fa7f8 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ release = '2023.2.21'
 
 # -- General configuration
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../'))
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../'))
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../dartwrf/'))
 
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.duration',
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ extensions = [
     'nbsphinx'
 ]
 
-autodoc_mock_imports = ['numpy','scipy','xarray','pandas','netCDF4','config.cluster','config.cfg']
+autodoc_mock_imports = ['numpy','scipy','xarray','pandas','netCDF4']
 
 napoleon_google_docstring = True
 napoleon_numpy_docstring = False