diff --git a/Snakefile b/Snakefile
index 1319cb61..2cd84aea 100644
--- a/Snakefile
+++ b/Snakefile
@@ -66,9 +66,14 @@ if config['enable'].get('retrieve_databundle', True):
         log: "logs/retrieve_databundle.log"
         script: 'scripts/retrieve_databundle.py'
 
+def determine_load_data():
+    if int(config["snapshots"]["start"][:4]) > 2018:
+        return "data.open-power-system-data.org/time_series/2020-10-06/time_series_60min_singleindex.csv"
+    else:
+        return "data.open-power-system-data.org/time_series/2019-06-05/time_series_60min_singleindex.csv"
 
 rule retrieve_load_data:
-    input: HTTP.remote("data.open-power-system-data.org/time_series/2020-10-06/time_series_60min_singleindex.csv", keep_local=True, static=True)
+    input: HTTP.remote(determine_load_data(), keep_local=True, static=True)
     output: "data/load_raw.csv"
     run: move(input[0], output[0])