diff --git a/scripts/add_electricity.py b/scripts/add_electricity.py
index f910dee4..4afa3e22 100755
--- a/scripts/add_electricity.py
+++ b/scripts/add_electricity.py
@@ -418,7 +418,9 @@ def attach_conventional_generators(
             if f"conventional_{carrier}_{attr}" in conventional_inputs:
                 # Values affecting generators of technology k country-specific
                 # First map generator buses to countries; then map countries to p_max_pu
-                values = pd.read_csv(values, index_col=0).iloc[:, 0]
+                values = pd.read_csv(
+                    snakemake.input[f"conventional_{carrier}_{attr}"], index_col=0
+                ).iloc[:, 0]
                 bus_values = n.buses.country.map(values)
                 n.generators[attr].update(
                     n.generators.loc[idx].bus.map(bus_values).dropna()
diff --git a/scripts/retrieve_databundle.py b/scripts/retrieve_databundle.py
index 0c6a7feb..75d8519e 100644
--- a/scripts/retrieve_databundle.py
+++ b/scripts/retrieve_databundle.py
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     else:
         url = "https://zenodo.org/record/3517935/files/pypsa-eur-data-bundle.tar.xz"
 
-    # Save locations
     tarball_fn = Path(f"{rootpath}/bundle.tar.xz")
-    to_fn = Path(f"{rootpath}/data")
+    to_fn = Path(rootpath) / Path(snakemake.output[0]).parent.parent
 
     logger.info(f"Downloading databundle from '{url}'.")
     disable_progress = snakemake.config["run"].get("disable_progressbar", False)
diff --git a/scripts/retrieve_gas_infrastructure_data.py b/scripts/retrieve_gas_infrastructure_data.py
index dda7bd8c..42b726db 100644
--- a/scripts/retrieve_gas_infrastructure_data.py
+++ b/scripts/retrieve_gas_infrastructure_data.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # Save locations
     zip_fn = Path(f"{rootpath}/IGGIELGN.zip")
-    to_fn = Path(f"{rootpath}/data/gas_network/scigrid-gas")
+    to_fn = Path(rootpath) / Path(snakemake.output[0]).parent.parent
 
     logger.info(f"Downloading databundle from '{url}'.")
     disable_progress = snakemake.config["run"].get("disable_progressbar", False)
diff --git a/scripts/retrieve_sector_databundle.py b/scripts/retrieve_sector_databundle.py
index 97426ab2..0d172c8d 100644
--- a/scripts/retrieve_sector_databundle.py
+++ b/scripts/retrieve_sector_databundle.py
@@ -10,23 +10,25 @@ import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-import os
-import sys
 import tarfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
-# Add pypsa-eur scripts to path for import of _helpers
-sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd() + "/../pypsa-eur/scripts")
-
 from _helpers import configure_logging, progress_retrieve
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if "snakemake" not in globals():
+        from _helpers import mock_snakemake
+
+        snakemake = mock_snakemake("retrieve_databundle")
+        rootpath = ".."
+    else:
+        rootpath = "."
     configure_logging(snakemake)
 
     url = "https://zenodo.org/record/5824485/files/pypsa-eur-sec-data-bundle.tar.gz"
 
-    tarball_fn = Path("sector-bundle.tar.gz")
-    to_fn = Path("data")
+    tarball_fn = Path(f"{rootpath}/sector-bundle.tar.gz")
+    to_fn = Path(rootpath) / Path(snakemake.output[0]).parent.parent
 
     logger.info(f"Downloading databundle from '{url}'.")
     disable_progress = snakemake.config["run"].get("disable_progressbar", False)