diff --git a/runs/amip/exp.amip.run b/runs/amip/exp.amip.run
index 0838f81f4c6298d38aa2fb7571b3f80201f77c2b..ff095bd81e5896edf5fb7a449a0ae401ca0259ef 100755
--- a/runs/amip/exp.amip.run
+++ b/runs/amip/exp.amip.run
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ model_dir=/home/fs72044/avoigt_teach/climlab_s2024/icon-esm-univie
 ln -sfv $model_dir/data/lsdata.nc .
 ln -sfv $model_dir/data/ECHAM6_CldOptProps.nc .
 ln -sfv $model_dir/data/MACv2.0-SP_v1.nc .
+# note: to run beyond year 2016 with the MAC-SP aersosol (irad_aero=18), then use the manually fixed MAC-SP file:
+# rm -f MACv2.0-SP_v1.nc
+# cp $model_dir/data/MACv2.0-SP_v1.fixed-for-use-beyond2016.nc MACv2.0-SP_v1.nc
+
 
 # [files.atmosphere.model.run]
 run_dir=$model_dir/run