diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_algoa-bay-forecast.yml b/.github/workflows/run_algoa-bay-forecast.yml
index 3df30bd7..2ef56aec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_algoa-bay-forecast.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_algoa-bay-forecast.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
         required: false
         default:
   schedule:
-    - cron:  '0 0 * * *' # 0200 SAST
+    - cron:  '0 4 * * *' # 0600 SAST
 
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
diff --git a/models/algoa-bay-forecast/toolkit/post-processing/src/cli/transform/__init__.py b/models/algoa-bay-forecast/toolkit/post-processing/src/cli/transform/__init__.py
index 632454eb..2e47098c 100644
--- a/models/algoa-bay-forecast/toolkit/post-processing/src/cli/transform/__init__.py
+++ b/models/algoa-bay-forecast/toolkit/post-processing/src/cli/transform/__init__.py
@@ -128,7 +128,18 @@ def transform(options, arguments):
     )
     print('-> Generated NetCDF dataset', str(datetime.now() - now))
 
-    #Print output 
-    data_out.to_netcdf(nc_output_path)
+    # Print output 
+    data_out.to_netcdf(nc_output_path, encoding = {
+        'temperature': { },
+        'salt': { },
+        'u': { },
+        'v': { },
+        'm_rho': { },
+        'lon_rho': { },
+        'lat_rho': { },
+        'depth': { },
+        'time': { 'dtype': 'i4' }
+    })
+
     print('-> Output NetCDF data to disk', str(datetime.now() - now))
     print('\nComplete! If you don\'t see this message there was a problem')
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