diff --git a/Run/Control/CONTROL_EA5 b/Run/Control/CONTROL_EA5
index 3d5e7c28a44733a98b491ba65a6d1b094aa05dd3..4fd74e7fe83881967f1a22b1d0699ee40c94b27c 100644
--- a/Run/Control/CONTROL_EA5
+++ b/Run/Control/CONTROL_EA5
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ ETA 1
 FORMAT GRIB2
 PREFIX EA
 CWC 1
-RRINT 1
 ECTRANS 1
diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py b/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
index f9e824a37543022f32f90c28c52f72b0ef624bdf..61b1d3ad088f1164c9f7e64ea367e2987480c5f3 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
@@ -504,7 +504,18 @@ class MarsRetrieval(object):
             date = datetime.strptime(attrs['date'], '%Y%m%d')
             newattrs['year'] = date.year
             newattrs['month'] = date.month
-            newattrs['day'] =  date.day                  
+            newattrs['day'] =  date.day          
+  
+        # need to correct the time apperance for CDS surface field retrievals 
+        if attrs['type'] == 'FC': # for EA5 only flux fields are retrieved as FC type
+            # need to convert fc start times 06/18 to usual AN times
+            # since the surface fields can only be access through their validity time
+            start, end, step = map(int,attrs['step'].split('/')[::2])
+            newattrs['time'] = [ "{0:0=2d}".format(s) for s in range(0,24,step) ]
+        elif '/' in attrs['time']: # we expect a list of times separated by /
+            newattrs['time'] = attrs['time'].split('/')
+        elif isinstance(attrs['time'], str): # we expect a single time in here
+            newattrs['time'] = [ attrs['time'] ]
         
         newattrs['product_type'] = 'reanalysis'
         newattrs['area'] = attrs['area'].split('/')