diff --git a/Snakefile b/Snakefile
index 5b2de322e..ee2dc01b1 100644
--- a/Snakefile
+++ b/Snakefile
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ rule base_network:
         hvdc_as_lines=config["electricity"]["hvdc_as_lines"],
         countries=config["countries"],
         base_network=config["base_network"],
+        cooking=config["cooking"]["stove"] # added link to config for cooking
     input:
         osm_buses="resources/" + RDIR + "base_network/all_buses_build_network.csv",
         osm_lines="resources/" + RDIR + "base_network/all_lines_build_network.csv",
diff --git a/scripts/base_network.py b/scripts/base_network.py
index 04e0c388d..98aec0ec8 100644
--- a/scripts/base_network.py
+++ b/scripts/base_network.py
@@ -124,6 +124,24 @@ def _load_buses_from_osm(fp_buses):
     # TODO: Drop NAN maybe somewhere else?
     buses = buses.dropna(axis="index", subset=["x", "y", "country"])
 
+    # create a function to add the buses
+    stove = snakemake.params.cooking
+    x = [0,0,0,0,0,0]
+    y = [0,0,0,0,0,0]
+    geometry = ['NA','NA','NA','NA','NA','NA']
+    country = ['ZM','ZM','ZM','ZM','ZM','ZM']
+    tag_area = [0,0,0,0,0,0]
+    tag_substation = [0,0,0,0,0,0]
+    under_construction = [False,False,False,False,False,False]
+    symbol = ['substation','substation','substation','substation','substation','substation']
+    v_nom = [0,0,0,0,0,0]
+    substation_lv = [False,False,False,False,False,False]
+
+    stove_df = pd.DataFrame({'v_nom':v_nom, 'symbol':symbol, 'under_construction':under_construction, 'tag_substation':tag_substation, 'tag_area':tag_area,
+                           'lon':y, 'lat':x, 'country':country, 'geometry':geometry, 'substation_lv':substation_lv, 'carrier':stove, 'x':x,'y':y})
+    
+    buses = pd.concat([buses, stove_df], ignore_index=True) # what worked
+
     return buses