diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 22812fdeb7b4caa6c725456964d0d03d5a599aa7..2ef3fc019666164d439d6ef30b412777c8da15dd 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 general:
-  input_folder: './maciek'
-  output_folder: './maciek_results'
+  input_folder: './local_input_folder'
+  output_folder: './local_output_folder'
   clean_output_folder: true
   run_sematic_segmentation: true
   run_instance_segmentation: true
diff --git a/nibio_preprocessing/add_ground_to_inst_seg_folders.py b/nibio_preprocessing/add_ground_to_inst_seg_folders.py
index c8effb1af15d11e441a814f537bf1ed1aa7b9033..05d1a6d7a32bb4c365af58898e76393d7803de45 100644
--- a/nibio_preprocessing/add_ground_to_inst_seg_folders.py
+++ b/nibio_preprocessing/add_ground_to_inst_seg_folders.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class AddGroundToInstSegFolders():
 
         # check if same amount of files if not throw an exception and abort the programm
         if len(sem_seg_files) != len(inst_seg_files):
-            raise Exception("The amount of files in the semantic segmentation folder and the instance segmentation folder is not the same. Please check the input folders.")
+            print("The amount of files in the semantic segmentation folder and the instance segmentation folder is not the same. Please check the input folders.")
             
         # if output folder does not exist create it
         if not os.path.isdir(self.output_folder):