diff --git a/For_developers/mk_install_tar.sh b/For_developers/mk_install_tar.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f13f82ecc1ae6b5ff36b67d3c415418c175dbb01..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/For_developers/mk_install_tar.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# @Author: Anne Philipp
-#
-# @Date: June, 7 2018
-#
-# @Description: Makes a tarball for installation
-#
-
-tarname='flex_extract_v7.1.tar.gz'
-path='/nas/tmc/Anne/Interpolation/flexextract/flexextract/python/../'
-
-tar -cvf $tarname ${path}python/*py ${path}python/CONTROL* ${path}python/*ksh ${path}python/*temp ${path}python/ECMWF_ENV ${path}python/*json ${path}grib_templates ${path}src/*.f ${path}src/*.f90 ${path}src/*.h ${path}src/Makefile*  
-
-
diff --git a/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh b/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4266f64ddf6c27dc57e618d7432fb3b0a47bbde1..b4d018a064db936a7d134720aa603c809f7980fe
--- a/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh
+++ b/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,49 @@
 #
 # @Author: Anne Philipp
 #
-# @Date: June, 7 2018
+# @Date: March, 1 2019
 #
-# @Description: Makes a tarball for uploading on flexpart.eu
+# @Description: Makes a tarball for uploading and distributing on flexpart.eu
+#
+# @Licence: 
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
 #
 
 tarname='flex_extract_v7.1.tar.gz'
+tardir='flex_extract_v7.1'
 
+# go back to directory which is above flex_extract directory
+cd ../.. 
 
-tar --exclude='./src/*.o' --exclude='./src/*.mod' --exclude='./src/CONVERT2' --exclude='./python/*.pyc' --exclude='./python/*.ksh' --exclude='./python/ECMWF_ENV' --exclude='./python/*sh' --exclude='*sh' --exclude='*tar.gz' --exclude='work' --exclude='./python/job.temp' -zcvf $tarname . 
+# create tar-ball
+tar -zcvf $tarname $tardir\
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Fortran/*.o' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Fortran/*.mod' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Fortran/CONVERT2*' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Python/*.pyc' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Pythontest/*.pyc' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Pythontest/__pycache__' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Pythontest/.pytest_cache' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/.git' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/.gitignore' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/ECMWF_ENV' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/Workspace' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/Jobscripts/*' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Testcases' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Controls' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Dir' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/fontconfig' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/run_local.sh' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/Control/Testgrid' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/Control/notPublic' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'setup_local.sh' \
+    --exclude=$tardir'/.empty' \
+    
+