diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/silo_import_job.sh b/kubernetes/loculus/silo_import_job.sh
index c4c30396f..15e207646 100755
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/silo_import_job.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/silo_import_job.sh
@@ -148,14 +148,44 @@ download_data() {
   echo
 }
 
+extract_short_read_files_from_s3() {
+  # Input from https://backend-wise-seqs.loculus.org/test/get-released-data
+
+  aws configure set aws_access_key_id "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
+  aws configure set aws_secret_access_key "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+  aws configure set region "$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION"
+
+  S3_LINKS_FILE="tmp_s3_links.txt"
+
+  # Extract S3 links from the metadata
+  jq -r '.metadata.s3Link' "$new_input_data_path" > "$S3_LINKS_FILE"
+
+  touch "$silo_input_data_path"
+
+  # Loop through each S3 link and append the content to the output file
+  while read -r S3_LINK; do
+      # Temporary file for downloaded content
+      TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+
+      # Download the ndjson file from S3
+      aws s3 cp "$S3_LINK" "$TEMP_FILE"
+
+      # Append the content to the output file
+      cat "$TEMP_FILE" >> "$silo_input_data_path"
+
+      # Clean up the temporary file
+      rm "$TEMP_FILE"
+  done < "$S3_LINKS_FILE"
+}
+
 preprocessing() {
   echo "Starting preprocessing"
 
   rm -f "$silo_input_data_path"
 
-  # This is necessary because the silo preprocessing is configured to expect the input data
-  # at /preprocessing/input/data.ndjson.zst
-  cp "$new_input_data_path" "$silo_input_data_path"
+  # take data from $new_input_data_path, get all data from the S3 buckets (referenced in column s3Link)
+  # and put it into $silo_input_data_path
+  extract_short_read_files_from_s3
   
   set +e
   time /app/siloApi --preprocessing
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_siloDatabaseConfig.tpl b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_siloDatabaseConfig.tpl
index bc22a36fd..34606d008 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_siloDatabaseConfig.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_siloDatabaseConfig.tpl
@@ -12,27 +12,48 @@
 
 {{- define "loculus.siloDatabaseConfig" }}
 schema:
-  {{- $segments := .nucleotideSequences | default (list "main")}}
-  {{- $is_segmented := gt (len $segments) 1 }}
-  instanceName: {{ .organismName }}
-  opennessLevel: OPEN
   metadata:
-  {{- range (concat .commonMetadata .metadata) }}
-  {{- $currentItem := . }}
-  {{- if and $is_segmented .perSegment }}
-    {{- range $segment := $segments }}
-    {{- with $currentItem }}
-    {{- include "loculus.siloDatabaseShared" . | nindent 4 }}
-      name: {{ printf "%s_%s" .name $segment | quote}}
-    {{- end }}
-    {{- end }}
-  {{- else }}
-    {{- include "loculus.siloDatabaseShared" . | nindent 4 }}
-      name: {{ .name }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- end }}
-  primaryKey: accessionVersion
-{{ if .silo}}
-  {{- .silo | toYaml | nindent 2 }}
-{{ end }}
+    - name: sample_id
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: batch_id
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: sequencing_well_position
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: location_code
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: sampling_date
+      type: date
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: sequencing_date
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: flow_cell_serial_number
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: read_length
+      type: int
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: primer_protocol
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: location_name
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: primer_protocol_name
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: nextclade_reference
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+    - name: read_id
+      type: string
+      generateIndex: false
+  opennessLevel: OPEN
+  instanceName: wise-sarsCoV2
+  features: []
+  primaryKey: read_id
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
index c5df2c873..ec21d7a63 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ spec:
               {{- else }}
               value: "http://loculus-backend-service:8079/{{ $key }}"
               {{- end }}
+            - name: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+              value: eu-central-1
+            - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY
+              value: AKIA6AB5EFK3N6KDJJ52
+            - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: wise-short-read-sequence-bucket
+                  key: secret-access-key
           volumeMounts:
             - name: lapis-silo-database-config-processed
               mountPath: /preprocessing/input/reference_genomes.json
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/values_preview_server.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/values_preview_server.yaml
index 7452a3b99..6660bb684 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/values_preview_server.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/values_preview_server.yaml
@@ -34,4 +34,9 @@ reduceResourceRequest: true
 previewDocs: false
 robotsNoindexHeader: true
 disableEnaSubmission: false
-additionalHeadHTML: '<script defer data-domain="loculus.org" src="https://plausible.io/js/script.js"></script>'
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+additionalHeadHTML: '<script defer data-domain="loculus.org" src="https://plausible.io/js/script.js"></script>'
+wise-short-read-sequence-bucket:
+  type: sealedsecret
+  clusterWide: "true"
+  data:
+    secret-access-key: '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'
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