diff --git a/config/config.default.yaml b/config/config.default.yaml
index 5a588650..1eaf9fa1 100644
--- a/config/config.default.yaml
+++ b/config/config.default.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ remote:
   ssh: ""
   path: ""
 
-focus_weights: false
-
 # docs in https://pypsa-eur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#run
 run:
   name: ""
@@ -601,12 +599,14 @@ clustering:
     to_substations: false
     algorithm: kmeans # choose from: [hac, kmeans]
     feature: solar+onwind-time
+    focus_weights: false
     exclude_carriers: []
     remove_stubs: true
     remove_stubs_across_borders: true
   cluster_network:
     algorithm: kmeans
     feature: solar+onwind-time
+    focus_weights: false
     exclude_carriers: []
     consider_efficiency_classes: false
   aggregation_strategies:
diff --git a/doc/configtables/clustering.csv b/doc/configtables/clustering.csv
index 5f52c222..a08af37a 100644
--- a/doc/configtables/clustering.csv
+++ b/doc/configtables/clustering.csv
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ simplify_network,,,
 -- to_substations,bool,"{'true','false'}","Aggregates all nodes without power injection (positive or negative, i.e. demand or generation) to electrically closest ones"
 -- algorithm,str,"One of {‘kmeans’, ‘hac’, ‘modularity‘}",
 -- feature,str,"Str in the format ‘carrier1+carrier2+...+carrierN-X’, where CarrierI can be from {‘solar’, ‘onwind’, ‘offwind’, ‘ror’} and X is one of {‘cap’, ‘time’}.",
+-- focus_weights,,,Optionally specify the focus weights for the clustering of countries. For instance: `DE: 0.8` will distribute 80% of all nodes to Germany and 20% to the rest of the countries.
 -- exclude_carriers,list,"List of Str like [ 'solar', 'onwind'] or empy list []","List of carriers which will not be aggregated. If empty, all carriers will be aggregated."
 -- remove stubs,bool,"{'true','false'}",Controls whether radial parts of the network should be recursively aggregated. Defaults to true.
 -- remove_stubs_across_borders,bool,"{'true','false'}",Controls whether radial parts of the network should be recursively aggregated across borders. Defaults to true.
 cluster_network,,,
 -- algorithm,str,"One of {‘kmeans’, ‘hac’}",
 -- feature,str,"Str in the format ‘carrier1+carrier2+...+carrierN-X’, where CarrierI can be from {‘solar’, ‘onwind’, ‘offwind’, ‘ror’} and X is one of {‘cap’, ‘time’}.",
+-- focus_weights,,,Optionally specify the focus weights for the clustering of countries. For instance: `DE: 0.8` will distribute 80% of all nodes to Germany and 20% to the rest of the countries.
 -- exclude_carriers,list,"List of Str like [ 'solar', 'onwind'] or empy list []","List of carriers which will not be aggregated. If empty, all carriers will be aggregated."
 -- consider_efficiency_classes,bool,"{'true','false'}","Aggregated each carriers into the top 10-quantile (high), the bottom 90-quantile (low), and everything in between (medium)."
 aggregation_strategies,,,
diff --git a/doc/configtables/toplevel.csv b/doc/configtables/toplevel.csv
index a27623bd..67954389 100644
--- a/doc/configtables/toplevel.csv
+++ b/doc/configtables/toplevel.csv
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ private,,,
 remote,,,
 -- ssh,--,,Optionally specify the SSH of a remote cluster to be synchronized.
 -- path,--,,Optionally specify the file path within the remote cluster to be synchronized.
-focus_weights,,,Optionally specify the focus weights for the clustering of countries. For instance: `DE: 0.8` will distribute 80% of all nodes to Germany and 20% to the rest of the countries.
diff --git a/rules/build_electricity.smk b/rules/build_electricity.smk
index cc4f6f5e..6f32b203 100644
--- a/rules/build_electricity.smk
+++ b/rules/build_electricity.smk
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ rule simplify_network:
     params:
         simplify_network=config["clustering"]["simplify_network"],
         aggregation_strategies=config["clustering"].get("aggregation_strategies", {}),
-        focus_weights=config.get("focus_weights", None),
+        focus_weights=config["clustering"].get("focus_weights", config.get("focus_weights")),
         renewable_carriers=config["electricity"]["renewable_carriers"],
         max_hours=config["electricity"]["max_hours"],
         length_factor=config["lines"]["length_factor"],
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ rule cluster_network:
         cluster_network=config["clustering"]["cluster_network"],
         aggregation_strategies=config["clustering"].get("aggregation_strategies", {}),
         custom_busmap=config["enable"].get("custom_busmap", False),
-        focus_weights=config.get("focus_weights", None),
+        focus_weights=config["clustering"].get("focus_weights", config.get("focus_weights")),
         renewable_carriers=config["electricity"]["renewable_carriers"],
         conventional_carriers=config["electricity"].get("conventional_carriers", []),
         max_hours=config["electricity"]["max_hours"],
diff --git a/scripts/cluster_network.py b/scripts/cluster_network.py
index dc4e8c4e..9eadf2ab 100644
--- a/scripts/cluster_network.py
+++ b/scripts/cluster_network.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ Relevant Settings
     clustering:
       cluster_network:
       aggregation_strategies:
-
-    focus_weights:
+      focus_weights:
 
     solving:
         solver: