diff --git a/cmip6_downscaling/data/cmip.py b/cmip6_downscaling/data/cmip.py
index 56be055b..5e9aa190 100644
--- a/cmip6_downscaling/data/cmip.py
+++ b/cmip6_downscaling/data/cmip.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 import xarray as xr
 
 from . import cat
-from .utils import lon_to_180, to_standard_calendar
+from .utils import lon_to_180, to_standard_calendar as convert_to_standard_calendar
 
 
-def postprocess(ds: xr.Dataset) -> xr.Dataset:
+def postprocess(ds: xr.Dataset, to_standard_calendar: bool = True) -> xr.Dataset:
     """Post process input experiment
 
     - Drops band variables (if present)
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def postprocess(ds: xr.Dataset) -> xr.Dataset:
     ----------
     ds : xr.Dataset
         Input dataset
+    to_standard_calendar : bool, optional
+        Whether to convert time to standard calendar, by default True
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -52,18 +54,20 @@ def postprocess(ds: xr.Dataset) -> xr.Dataset:
         if ds.lat[0] > ds.lat[-1]:
             ds = ds.reindex({"lat": ds.lat[::-1]})
 
-        # checks calendar
-        ds = to_standard_calendar(ds)
+        if to_standard_calendar:
 
-        # Shifts time from Noon (12:00) start to Midnight (00:00) start to match with Obs
-        # ds.coords['time'] = ds['time'].resample(time='1D').first()
+            # checks calendar
+            ds = convert_to_standard_calendar(ds)
 
-        ds['time'] = pd.date_range(
-            start=ds['time'].data[0],
-            end=ds['time'].data[-1],
-            normalize=True,
-            freq="1D",
-        )
+            # Shifts time from Noon (12:00) start to Midnight (00:00) start to match with Obs
+            # ds.coords['time'] = ds['time'].resample(time='1D').first()
+
+            ds['time'] = pd.date_range(
+                start=ds['time'].data[0],
+                end=ds['time'].data[-1],
+                normalize=True,
+                freq="1D",
+            )
         return ds
 
 
diff --git a/flows/gcm_pyramid_weights.py b/flows/gcm_pyramid_weights.py
index fc32b188..2aa7c5ba 100644
--- a/flows/gcm_pyramid_weights.py
+++ b/flows/gcm_pyramid_weights.py
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import traceback
+from functools import partial
+
 import dask
-from prefect import Flow, task, unmapped
+from prefect import Flow, Parameter, task, unmapped
 from prefect.engine.signals import SKIP
 from prefect.tasks.control_flow import merge
 from prefect.tasks.control_flow.filter import FilterTask
 from upath import UPath
 
 from cmip6_downscaling import config
-from cmip6_downscaling.runtimes import PangeoRuntime
+from cmip6_downscaling.data.cmip import postprocess
+from cmip6_downscaling.runtimes import CloudRuntime
+
+config.set(
+    {
+        'runtime.cloud.extra_pip_packages': 'git+https://github.com/carbonplan/cmip6-downscaling.git@main git+https://github.com/intake/intake-esm.git'
+    }
+)
 
 folder = 'xesmf_weights/cmip6_pyramids'
 
 scratch_dir = UPath(config.get('storage.static.uri')) / folder
 
-runtime = PangeoRuntime()
+runtime = CloudRuntime()
 
 filter_results = FilterTask(
     filter_func=lambda x: not isinstance(x, (BaseException, SKIP, type(None)))
@@ -56,7 +66,11 @@ def generate_weights(store: dict, levels: int, method: str = 'bilinear') -> dict
 
     try:
         with dask.config.set({'scheduler': 'sync'}):
-            ds_in = xr.open_dataset(store['zstore'], engine='zarr', chunks={}).isel(time=0)
+            ds_in = (
+                xr.open_dataset(store['zstore'], engine='zarr', chunks={})
+                .pipe(partial(postprocess, to_standard_calendar=False))
+                .isel(time=0)
+            )
             weights_pyramid = generate_weights_pyramid(ds_in, levels, method=method)
             print(weights_pyramid)
             weights_pyramid.to_zarr(target, mode='w')
@@ -70,7 +84,7 @@ def generate_weights(store: dict, levels: int, method: str = 'bilinear') -> dict
         }
 
     except Exception as e:
-        raise SKIP(f"Failed to load {store['zstore']}") from e
+        raise SKIP(f"Failed to process {store['zstore']}\nError: {traceback.format_exc()}") from e
 
 
 @task(log_stdout=True)
@@ -89,9 +103,11 @@ def catalog(vals):
     run_config=runtime.run_config,
     executor=runtime.executor,
 ) as flow:
+    levels = Parameter('levels', default=2)
+    method = Parameter('method', default='bilinear')
     stores = get_stores()
     attrs = filter_results(
-        generate_weights.map(stores, levels=unmapped(4), method=unmapped('bilinear'))
+        generate_weights.map(stores, levels=unmapped(levels), method=unmapped(method))
     )
     vals = merge(attrs)
     _ = catalog(vals)