diff --git a/ARGOS_service_data_converter.py b/ARGOS_service_data_converter.py
index 3300e1b..2c7c080 100755
--- a/ARGOS_service_data_converter.py
+++ b/ARGOS_service_data_converter.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def get_data(fobj=None):
         df["latitude"] = df.latitude.round(3)
 
         df.set_index(pd.DatetimeIndex(df["year_doy_hhmm"]), inplace=True)
-        df.drop('year_doy_hhmm',axis=1,inplace=True)
+        # df.drop('year_doy_hhmm',axis=1,inplace=True)
 
         return df
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def get_data(fobj=None):
         df["latitude"] = df.latitude.round(3)
 
         df.set_index(pd.DatetimeIndex(df["year_doy_hhmm"]), inplace=True)
-        df.drop('year_doy_hhmm',axis=1,inplace=True)
+        # df.drop('year_doy_hhmm',axis=1,inplace=True)
 
         return df
 
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def get_data(fobj=None, time="current"):
         df["longitude"] = df["longitude"] * -1  # convert to +W
 
         df.set_index(pd.DatetimeIndex(df["year_doy_hhmm"]), inplace=True)
-        df.drop('year_doy_hhmm',axis=1,inplace=True)
+        # df.drop('year_doy_hhmm',axis=1,inplace=True)
 
         return df