diff --git a/scripts/build_load_data.py b/scripts/build_load_data.py
index 9049ee30..052660d2 100755
--- a/scripts/build_load_data.py
+++ b/scripts/build_load_data.py
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # attach load of UA (best data only for entsoe transparency)
     load_ua = load_timeseries(snakemake.input[0], '2018', ['UA'], False)
-    load_ua.index = snapshots # hack indices (currently, UA is manually set to 2018)
+    snapshot_year = str(snapshots.year.unique().item())
+    time_diff = pd.Timestamp('2018') - pd.Timestamp(snapshot_year)
+    load_ua.index -= time_diff # hack indices (currently, UA is manually set to 2018)
     load['UA'] = load_ua
     # attach load of MD (no time-series available, use 2020-totals and distribute according to UA):
     # https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-browser/?country=MOLDOVA&fuel=Energy%20consumption&indicator=TotElecCons