diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/mamestrabrassicaemodel/MamestraBrassicaeModel.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/mamestrabrassicaemodel/MamestraBrassicaeModel.java
index c974f3e4bf8ad5d83910baa4822bfec22eb6cad2..3725f856cfe97c076a32a7cb52d1a8c391cba8f5 100755
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/mamestrabrassicaemodel/MamestraBrassicaeModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/mamestrabrassicaemodel/MamestraBrassicaeModel.java
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ public class MamestraBrassicaeModel extends I18nImpl implements Model{
             }
         }
         
+        if(this.dataMatrix.getFirstDateWithParameterValue(DataMatrix.TJM10D) == null)
+        {
+            throw new ConfigValidationException("ERROR: No data for soil temperature at -10cm");
+        }
+        
         if(this.dataMatrix.getFirstDateWithParameterValue(DataMatrix.TJM10D)
                 .after(this.dataMatrix.getLastDateWithParameterValue(DataMatrix.TMD))
                 )