diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/demo_dlc_remote.zip b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/demo_dlc_remote.zip
index 60fe434ad3dc15cf5e1dd1977c630107c611ac55..3c02a1d7a11acaeff10fdae72416c4856fcbc4bc 100644
Binary files a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/demo_dlc_remote.zip and b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/demo_dlc_remote.zip differ
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx
index 1f4c2311367ccea9d06f57db32793e8948f0e959..246cbf5e6e5c94b732349be0a6a09336fb1f715f 100755
Binary files a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx and b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx differ
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc
index 6e956f80d62257709ddd129408b8d77305da4339..bc61a68f9b4130bdf42526dec5101aeacbfeadcd 100755
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ begin wind ;
     filename_u    ./[turb_dir][Turb base name]u.bin ;
     filename_v    ./[turb_dir][Turb base name]v.bin ;
     filename_w    ./[turb_dir][Turb base name]w.bin ;
-    box_dim_u    8192 [turb_dx] ;
+    box_dim_u    512 [turb_dx] ;
     box_dim_v    32 7.5;
     box_dim_w    32 7.5;
     std_scaling   1.0 0.7 0.5 ;
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.htc b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.htc
similarity index 98%
rename from wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.htc
rename to wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.htc
index c54c20d0df50daf94a80962feaefcd924123559f..83b325ad95ebc9df30b2f10f26d1365d6aa05b65 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.htc
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.htc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ begin simulation;
   solvertype   1 ;    (newmark)
   on_no_convergence continue ;
 ;  convergence_limits 1E3 1.0 1E-7 ;
-  logfile ./logfiles/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.log ;
+  logfile ./logfiles/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.log ;
   begin newmark;
     deltat    0.02;
   end newmark;
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ end simulation;
 ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 begin new_htc_structure;
 ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-;  beam_output_file_name  ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb_beam.dat;
-;  body_output_file_name  ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb_body.dat;
-;  struct_inertia_output_file_name ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb_struct.dat;
-;  body_eigenanalysis_file_name ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb_body_eigen.dat;
-;  structure_eigenanalysis_file_name ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb_strc_eigen.dat;
+;  beam_output_file_name  ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100_beam.dat;
+;  body_output_file_name  ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100_body.dat;
+;  struct_inertia_output_file_name ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100_struct.dat;
+;  body_eigenanalysis_file_name ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100_body_eigen.dat;
+;  structure_eigenanalysis_file_name ./res_eigen/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100_strc_eigen.dat;
 ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   begin main_body;         tower 123.6m
     name        tower ;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ begin wind ;
   windfield_rotations     0 8.0 0.0 ;    yaw, tilt (positive=upflow=wind coming from below), rotation
   center_pos0             0.0 0.0 -127 ; hub heigth
   shear_format            3 0 ;
-  turb_format             0     ;  0=none, 1=mann,2=flex
+  turb_format             1     ;  0=none, 1=mann,2=flex
   tower_shadow_method     3     ;  0=none, 1=potential flow, 2=jet
   scale_time_start       20 ;
   wind_ramp_factor   0.0 20 0.8 1.0 ;
@@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ begin wind ;
 ;  wind_ramp_abs  2400.0  4200.0  0.0  -21.0 ;   wsp. after the step: 25.0
   ;
   begin mann ;
-    create_turb_parameters 29.4 1.0 3.9 0 1.0 ;      L, alfaeps, gamma, seed, highfrq compensation
-    filename_u    ./turb/noneu.bin ;
-    filename_v    ./turb/nonev.bin ;
-    filename_w    ./turb/nonew.bin ;
-    box_dim_u    8192 0.048828125 ;
+    create_turb_parameters 29.4 1.0 3.9 100 1.0 ;      L, alfaeps, gamma, seed, highfrq compensation
+    filename_u    ./turb/turb_s100_10msu.bin ;
+    filename_v    ./turb/turb_s100_10msv.bin ;
+    filename_w    ./turb/turb_s100_10msw.bin ;
+    box_dim_u    512 0.78125 ;
     box_dim_v    32 7.5;
     box_dim_w    32 7.5;
     std_scaling   1.0 0.7 0.5 ;
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ end dll;
 ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;
 begin output;
-  filename ./res/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb ;
+  filename ./res/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100 ;
   time 20 40 ;
   data_format  hawc_binary;
   buffer 1 ;
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp8_noturb.htc b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp8_noturb.htc
index 94abe5e13faf4dbd2ffcf86f0bb95df884a573a8..670f943f7bf345a12acbf4095f98e2d51b41144a 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp8_noturb.htc
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp8_noturb.htc
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ begin wind ;
     filename_u    ./turb/noneu.bin ;
     filename_v    ./turb/nonev.bin ;
     filename_w    ./turb/nonew.bin ;
-    box_dim_u    8192 0.0390625 ;
+    box_dim_u    512 0.0390625 ;
     box_dim_v    32 7.5;
     box_dim_w    32 7.5;
     std_scaling   1.0 0.7 0.5 ;
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp9_noturb.htc b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp9_noturb.htc
index 537e8ef73085b26598c46f2986c11fc8ad738464..11e58632838311500ae0549609c245cf0620ead0 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp9_noturb.htc
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp9_noturb.htc
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ begin wind ;
     filename_u    ./turb/noneu.bin ;
     filename_v    ./turb/nonev.bin ;
     filename_w    ./turb/nonew.bin ;
-    box_dim_u    8192 0.0439453125 ;
+    box_dim_u    512 0.0439453125 ;
     box_dim_v    32 7.5;
     box_dim_w    32 7.5;
     std_scaling   1.0 0.7 0.5 ;
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.p b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.p
similarity index 80%
rename from wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.p
rename to wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.p
index 1bc115f781b7821f729e97bddcf49683bb623c20..6a62ecceb1be436ba34a622fdb95db9f66890924 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.p
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.p
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ### Standard Output 
-#PBS -N dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb 
-#PBS -o ./pbs_out/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.out
+#PBS -N dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100 
+#PBS -o ./pbs_out/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.out
 ### Standard Error 
-#PBS -e ./pbs_out/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.err
+#PBS -e ./pbs_out/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.err
 #PBS -W umask=003
 ### Maximum wallclock time format HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS
 #PBS -l walltime=04:00:00
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ mkdir -p htc/dlc01_demos/
 mkdir -p res/dlc01_demos/
 mkdir -p logfiles/dlc01_demos/
 mkdir -p turb/
-cp -R $PBS_O_WORKDIR/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.htc ./htc/dlc01_demos/
-cp -R $PBS_O_WORKDIR/../turb/none*.bin turb/ 
-time WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine hawc2-latest ./htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb.htc  &
+cp -R $PBS_O_WORKDIR/htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.htc ./htc/dlc01_demos/
+cp -R $PBS_O_WORKDIR/../turb/turb_s100_10ms*.bin turb/ 
+time WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine hawc2-latest ./htc/dlc01_demos/dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100.htc  &
 ### wait for jobs to finish 
 wait
 echo ""
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/turb/turb_s100_10ms.pbs b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/turb/turb_s100_10ms.pbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df16aba35748c37417076913bbd9b514fce34301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/pbs_in/turb/turb_s100_10ms.pbs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+
+### Standard Output
+#PBS -N no_name_job
+#PBS -o ./pbs_out/turb/turb_s100_10ms.out
+### Standard Error
+#PBS -e ./pbs_out/turb/turb_s100_10ms.err
+#PBS -W umask=003
+### Maximum wallclock time format HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS
+#PBS -l walltime=00:59:59
+#PBS -lnodes=1:ppn=1
+### Queue name
+#PBS -q workq
+
+### #PBS -a [start_time]
+### #PBS -W depend=afterany:[job_id]
+
+### Browse to current working dir
+echo ""
+cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
+echo "current working dir:"
+pwd
+echo ""
+
+### ===========================================================================
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "PRELUDE"
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+cd ../turb/
+
+echo ""
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "EXECUTION"
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+time wine mann_turb_x64.exe turb_s100_10ms 1.000000 29.400000 3.000000 100 8192 32 32 0.7812 6.5000 6.5000 1
+### wait for jobs to finish
+wait
+
+echo ""
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "CODA"
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+
+
+echo ""
+### ===========================================================================
+exit
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/prepost/remote_tags.txt b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/prepost/remote_tags.txt
index 21c9f3dd8e9452763faab41e0e8920e87c22a63d..c191125c1237fc1732a98ab1327ff1ae1734004a 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/prepost/remote_tags.txt
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/ref/prepost/remote_tags.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
                  opt_tags set
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  [Case folder] : dlc01_demos         
-                    [Case id.] : dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb
+                    [Case id.] : dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100
                  [Cut-in time] : -1                  
                 [Cut-out time] : -1                  
                          [DLC] : 01                  
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@
                           [TI] : 0.2096              
           [Time pitch runaway] : 5000                
            [Time stuck DLC22b] : -1                  
-              [Turb base name] : none                
+              [Turb base name] : turb_s100_10ms      
                    [Windspeed] : 10                  
-                     [case_id] : dlc01_steady_wsp10_noturb
+                     [case_id] : dlc01_steady_wsp10_s100
                     [data_dir] : data/               
                  [dis_setbeta] : True                
                     [duration] : 20.0                
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@
                           [t0] : 20                  
                    [time stop] : 40                  
                    [time_stop] : 40                  
-                    [tu_model] : 0                   
-                     [tu_seed] : 0                   
-              [turb_base_name] : none                
-                     [turb_dx] : 0.048828125         
+                    [tu_model] : 1                   
+                     [tu_seed] : 100                 
+              [turb_base_name] : turb_s100_10ms      
+                     [turb_dx] : 0.78125             
                         [wdir] : 0                   
                     [windramp] : False               
                   [wsp factor] : 0.8                 
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/demo_dlc_remote.zip b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/demo_dlc_remote.zip
index 60fe434ad3dc15cf5e1dd1977c630107c611ac55..3c02a1d7a11acaeff10fdae72416c4856fcbc4bc 100644
Binary files a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/demo_dlc_remote.zip and b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/demo_dlc_remote.zip differ
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx
index 1f4c2311367ccea9d06f57db32793e8948f0e959..246cbf5e6e5c94b732349be0a6a09336fb1f715f 100755
Binary files a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx and b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/DLCs/dlc01_demos.xlsx differ
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc
index 6e956f80d62257709ddd129408b8d77305da4339..bc61a68f9b4130bdf42526dec5101aeacbfeadcd 100755
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/data/demo_dlc/source/htc/_master/demo_dlc_master_A0001.htc
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ begin wind ;
     filename_u    ./[turb_dir][Turb base name]u.bin ;
     filename_v    ./[turb_dir][Turb base name]v.bin ;
     filename_w    ./[turb_dir][Turb base name]w.bin ;
-    box_dim_u    8192 [turb_dx] ;
+    box_dim_u    512 [turb_dx] ;
     box_dim_v    32 7.5;
     box_dim_w    32 7.5;
     std_scaling   1.0 0.7 0.5 ;
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/test_Simulations.py b/wetb/prepost/tests/test_Simulations.py
index 61628546afc1110717316b1ec79f6269a2926fc5..1536bfb926bc0d753d932addd9bd07f6e9f1234a 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/test_Simulations.py
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/test_Simulations.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ standard_library.install_aliases()
 import unittest
 import os
 import filecmp
-import pickle
+import shutil
+#import pickle
 
 from wetb.prepost import dlctemplate as tmpl
 
@@ -40,17 +41,25 @@ class TestGenerateInputs(unittest.TestCase):
         # location of the pre and post processing data
         tmpl.POST_DIR = os.path.join(p_root, tmpl.PROJECT, 'remote',
                                      'prepost/')
+
+        # make sure the remote dir is empty so a test does not pass on data
+        # generated during a previous cycle
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(p_root, tmpl.PROJECT, 'remote')):
+            shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(p_root, tmpl.PROJECT, 'remote'))
+
         tmpl.force_dir = tmpl.P_RUN
-        tmpl.launch_dlcs_excel('remote', silent=True)
+        tmpl.launch_dlcs_excel('remote', silent=True, runmethod='gorm')
 
-        # we can not check-in empty dirs in git
-        for subdir in ['control', 'data', 'htc', 'pbs_in']:
+        # we can not check-in empty dirs so we can not compare the complete
+        # directory structure withouth manually creating the empty dirs here
+        for subdir in ['control', 'data', 'htc', 'pbs_in', 'pbs_in/turb',
+                       'htc/_master', 'htc/dlc01_demos', 'pbs_in/dlc01_demos']:
             remote = os.path.join(p_root, tmpl.PROJECT, 'remote', subdir)
             ref = os.path.join(p_root, tmpl.PROJECT, 'ref', subdir)
             cmp = filecmp.dircmp(remote, ref)
-            self.assertTrue(len(cmp.diff_files)==0)
-            self.assertTrue(len(cmp.right_only)==0)
-            self.assertTrue(len(cmp.left_only)==0)
+            self.assertEqual(len(cmp.diff_files), 0, cmp.diff_files)
+            self.assertEqual(len(cmp.right_only), 0, cmp.right_only)
+            self.assertEqual(len(cmp.left_only), 0, cmp.left_only)
 
         # for the pickled file we can just read it
         remote = os.path.join(p_root, tmpl.PROJECT, 'remote', 'prepost')