diff --git a/src/swell/configuration/jedi/interfaces/geos_atmosphere/model/getvalues.yaml b/src/swell/configuration/jedi/interfaces/geos_atmosphere/model/getvalues.yaml
index dff4cd5df..04dc36adb 100755
--- a/src/swell/configuration/jedi/interfaces/geos_atmosphere/model/getvalues.yaml
+++ b/src/swell/configuration/jedi/interfaces/geos_atmosphere/model/getvalues.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 variable change:
   variable change name: Model2GeoVaLs
+  vegetation scheme: gfs13
+# tropopause pressure method: gsi
+  tropopause pressure method: thompson
+  midlev pressures choice: layer-mean
+# vader custom cookbook:
+#   air_pressure: [AirPressure_B]
diff --git a/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational3D.yaml b/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational3D.yaml
index ee57e795e..f6c588a0c 100644
--- a/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational3D.yaml
+++ b/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational3D.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ cost function:
   background error:
     TASKFILLbackground_error
   observations:
+    get values:
+      TASKFILLgetvalues
     observers:
       SPECIALobservations
 variational:
diff --git a/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational4D.yaml b/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational4D.yaml
index d72610fed..3406343c4 100644
--- a/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational4D.yaml
+++ b/src/swell/configuration/jedi/oops/variational4D.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ cost function:
   background error:
     TASKFILLbackground_error
   observations:
+    get values:
+      TASKFILLgetvalues
     observers:
       SPECIALobservations
 variational: