diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/daydegreemodel/DayDegreeModel.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/daydegreemodel/DayDegreeModel.java
index 516ab8228f05f97f3666b4818f519e39655a9907..3a9ef47d9d8fa4e3c127507e9726780ecb59f7f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/daydegreemodel/DayDegreeModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/model/daydegreemodel/DayDegreeModel.java
@@ -52,18 +52,15 @@ import no.nibio.vips.util.WeatherUtil;
 public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
 
     private ModelUtil modelUtil;
-    //private Double dayDegreeBaseTemp;
+    private Float dayDegreeBaseTemp;
     private List<WeatherObservation> TM;
-    private final Double dayDegreeBaseTemp = 0.0;
-    
+   
     private final static TimeZone DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Oslo");
-    private DataMatrix dataMatrix;
     
     public final static ModelId MODEL_ID = new ModelId("DAYDEGREES");
       
     public DayDegreeModel()
     {
-        //super("");
         this.modelUtil = new ModelUtil();
     }
 
@@ -71,14 +68,14 @@ public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
     public List<Result> getResult() throws ModelExcecutionException {
        
        Collections.sort(this.TM);
-     
+       
        Double dayDegreeSum = 0.0;
        
        List<Result> results = new ArrayList<>();
       
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(this.DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE);
        DecimalFormat dFormat = new DecimalFormat("###.##");
-
+       
        for(WeatherObservation obs:this.TM)
        {
           
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
             {
                 dayDegreeSum += obs.getValue();
             }
-      
+                  
           Result result = new ResultImpl(); 
           result.setValidTimeStart(obs.getTimeMeasured());
           result.setValue(this.getModelId().toString(), "DayDegreeSum", dayDegreeSum.toString());
@@ -105,12 +102,11 @@ public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
     
     @Override
     public String getModelName() {
-        return null;//this.getModelName(Model.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getModelName(String language) {
-        //return this.getText("name", language);
         return "Day Degree model";
     }
 
@@ -148,27 +144,27 @@ public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
 
     @Override
     public String getModelDescription(String language) {
-        return null; //this.modelUtil.getTextWithBase64EncodedImages(this.getText("description", language), this.getClass());
+        return null; 
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getWarningStatusInterpretation() {
-        return null;//this.getWarningStatusInterpretation(Model.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getWarningStatusInterpretation(String language) {
-        return null;//this.getText("statusInterpretation", language);
+        return null;
     }
     
     @Override
     public String getModelUsage() {
-        return null; //this.getModelUsage(Model.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getModelUsage(String language) {
-        return null;//this.getText("usage", language);
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -181,6 +177,7 @@ public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
                 "\t},\n" +
                 "\t\"modelId\":\"" + MODEL_ID.toString() + "\",\n" +
                 "\t\"configParameters\":{\n" +
+                "\t\t\"basisTemp\":0,\n" +
                 "\t\t\"observations\":[\n" +
                 "\t\t{\n" +
                 "\t\t\t\t\"timeMeasured\": \"2015-01-01T00:00:00+02:00\",\n" +
@@ -193,8 +190,11 @@ public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
 
     @Override
     public void setConfiguration(ModelConfiguration config) throws ConfigValidationException {
+        
         // Initialize the weather data collections
         this.TM = new ArrayList<>();
+        this.dayDegreeBaseTemp = Float.parseFloat((String) config.getConfigParameter("basisTemp"));
+        
         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
         
         List<WeatherObservation> observations = this.modelUtil.extractWeatherObservationList(config.getConfigParameter("observations"));
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class DayDegreeModel implements Model {
                     {
                         this.TM.add(o); 
                     }
-                    break;
+                    break; 
                 default:
                     // TODO: Throw validation error? 
                     break;