diff --git a/config/hourly-rollout-o96.yaml b/config/hourly-rollout-o96.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc8cf4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/hourly-rollout-o96.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=../workflow/tools/config.schema.json
+description: |
+  Evaluate skill of COSMO-E emulator (M-1 forecaster).
+
+dates:
+  - 2022-02-03T00:00 # Some example
+
+runs:
+  - forecaster:
+      checkpoint: https://mlflow.ecmwf.int/#/experiments/418/runs/2bee8f6b7d0048089a5e25cb60def0e5
+      label: Hourly rollout O96 forecaster
+      steps: 0/120/6
+      config: resources/inference/configs/global-forecaster.yaml
+      disable_local_eccodes_definitions: true
+      extra_requirements:
+        - git+https://github.com/ecmwf/anemoi-inference.git@main
+        - git+https://github.com/MeteoSwiss/anemoi-core.git@06e5533f3e8da37c44d887c42b67440b40286cb3#subdirectory=models
+
+baselines: []
+
+analysis:
+  label: ERA5
+  analysis_zarr: /scratch/mch/rradev/datasets/aifs-ea-an-oper-0001-mars-o96-1979-2022-1h-v4.zarr
+
+stratification:
+  regions: []
+  root: /scratch/mch/bhendj/regions/Prognoseregionen_LV95_20220517
+
+locations:
+  output_root: output/
+
+profile:
+  executor: slurm
+  global_resources:
+    gpus: 16
+  default_resources:
+    slurm_partition: "postproc"
+    cpus_per_task: 1
+    mem_mb_per_cpu: 1800
+    runtime: "1h"
+    gpus: 0
+  jobs: 50
diff --git a/resources/inference/configs/global-forecaster.yaml b/resources/inference/configs/global-forecaster.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c8d186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/inference/configs/global-forecaster.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+input:
+  test:
+    use_original_paths: true
+
+allow_nans: true
+
+output:
+  grib:
+    path: grib/{date}{time}_{step:03}.grib
+    negative_step_mode: skip
+
+write_initial_state: true
diff --git a/src/data_input/__init__.py b/src/data_input/__init__.py
index e67816f..19c06dc 100644
--- a/src/data_input/__init__.py
+++ b/src/data_input/__init__.py
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
+import yaml
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
+from functools import lru_cache
 
 eccodes_definition_path = Path(sys.prefix) / "share/eccodes-cosmo-resources/definitions"
 os.environ["ECCODES_DEFINITION_PATH"] = str(eccodes_definition_path)
 
-from meteodatalab import data_source, grib_decoder  # noqa: E402
-
 import numpy as np  # noqa: E402
 import xarray as xr  # noqa: E402
+import earthkit.data as ekd  # noqa: E402
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def earthkit_xarray_engine_profile() -> dict:
+    fn = Path(__file__).parent / "profile.yaml"
+    with open(fn) as f:
+        profile = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    return profile
+
+
 def _select_valid_times(ds, times: np.datetime64):
     # (handle special case where some valid times are not in the dataset, e.g. at the end)
     times_np = np.asarray(times, dtype="datetime64[ns]")
@@ -108,9 +117,15 @@ def load_fct_data_from_grib(
 ) -> xr.Dataset:
     """Load forecast data from GRIB files for a specific valid time."""
     files = sorted(root.glob(f"{reftime:%Y%m%d%H%M}*.grib"))
-    fds = data_source.FileDataSource(datafiles=files)
-    ds = grib_decoder.load(fds, {"param": params, "step": steps})
-    for var, da in ds.items():
+
+    profile = earthkit_xarray_engine_profile()
+    ds: xr.Dataset = (
+        ekd.from_source("file", files)
+        .sel(param=params, step=steps)
+        .to_xarray(profile=profile)
+    )
+
+    for var, da in ds.data_vars.items():
         if "z" in da.dims and da.sizes["z"] == 1:
             ds[var] = da.squeeze("z", drop=True)
         elif "z" in da.dims and da.sizes["z"] > 1:
diff --git a/src/data_input/profile.yaml b/src/data_input/profile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56d7517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data_input/profile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+ensure_dims: [z,number,step, forecast_reference_time]
+rename_dims: {
+   level: z,
+   number: eps,
+   step: lead_time,
+   forecast_reference_time: ref_time
+}
+variable_attrs:
+- cfName
+- name
+- units
+- typeOfLevel
+- levtype
+- paramId
+
+global_attrs:
+- Conventions: CF-1.8
+- institution: MeteoSwiss
+
+add_valid_time_coord: true