diff --git a/couplage/MAR_n5 b/couplage/MAR_n5
index 8bfc075d120a96d99a2d29c576821f5b6173f62f..377d94aaa314fa3573f20f5831035f7a9ca0359f 100644
--- a/couplage/MAR_n5
+++ b/couplage/MAR_n5
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ echo "job command file < MAR*.DAT input data files"
 
 #caraib input files
 
-yl= $(($yr - 1))
+yl=$((yr - 1))
 
 CARfil=$STKmar/$domain/
 CARcou="CARAIB_couplage.tar.gz"
@@ -1090,20 +1090,16 @@ CARfilres=$STKmar/$domain/CARAIB_couplage/results/Belgium
 
 BCH "echo \" $CARfil \${WRKdir}\ \""
 
-BCH "if [ ! -f \"$WRKtmp/$CARcou\" ] ; then"
-BCH " smget \"$CARfil\" \"$CARcou\" \"\${WRKdir}\""
-BCH " tar -xzf  \"\${WRKdir}\"/\"$CARcou\""
-BCH " rm -rf  \${WRKdir}/CARAIB_couplage.tar.gz"
-BCH "else"
-BCH " tar -xzf  \"\${WRKdir}\"/\"$CARcou\""
-BCH " rm -rf  \${WRKdir}/CARAIB_couplage.tar.gz"
-BCH "fi"
-
+BCH " "
+BCH "smget \"$CARfil\" \"$CARcou\" \"\${WRKdir}\""
+BCH "tar -xzf  \"\${WRKdir}\"/\"$CARcou\""
+BCH "rm -rf  \${WRKdir}/CARAIB_couplage.tar.gz"
+BCH " "
 BCH "rm -rf \${WRKdir}/CARAIB_couplage/results/Belgium/*"
-
-BCH "  for fil in \`ls \${CARfilres}/*\${yl}*\` ; do"
-BCH "    smput  \"\$CARfilres/\"  \"\$fil\"  \"\${WRKdir}/CARAIB_couplage/results/Belgium/\""
-BCH "  done"
+BCH " "
+BCH "for fil in \`ls \${CARfilres}/*"${yl}"*\` ; do"
+BCH " smput  \"\$CARfilres/\"  \"\$fil\"  \"\${WRKdir}/CARAIB_couplage/results/Belgium/\""
+BCH "done"
 
 echo "job command file < CARAIB input data files"
 
@@ -1312,10 +1308,6 @@ echo "job command file < MARctr.dat input data file"
 #---------------------------------------                             
 BCHt   "Stock initialisation"
 
-BCH   "#creating CAR folders"
-BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/$runnam/caraib"
-BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/$runnam/caraib/$yr"
-
   #creating needed directory on stock     
 if [ -z ${FTPout} ] ; then
 case $cluster in
@@ -1326,6 +1318,10 @@ BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/crash"
 BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/$runnam/log" 
 BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/$runnam/$yr"
 BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/input/MARsim/$runnam/$yrN"
+
+BCH   "#creating CAR folders"
+BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/$runnam/caraib"
+BCH "mkdir -p $STKmar/$domain/$runnam/caraib/$yr"
 fi
 ;;
 (foehn|froggy)
@@ -1343,7 +1339,7 @@ fi
 
 STKcrash=$STKmar/$domain/crash
 STKlog=$STKmar/$domain/$runnam/log
-STKout=$STKmar/$domain/$runnam/$yr
+STKout=$STKmar/$domain/$runnam/mar/$yr
 STKsim=$STKmar/$domain/input/MARsim/$runnam/$yrN
 STKcar=$STKmar/$domain/$runnam/caraib/$yr