diff --git a/R/abimo.R b/R/abimo.R
index 4358876..27fdc8f 100644
--- a/R/abimo.R
+++ b/R/abimo.R
@@ -202,16 +202,12 @@ makeVG <- function(rawdir,
   return(vg)
 }
 
-# read dbf results file, join with input shapefile and write output shapefile
-# including ABIMO results
+# read dbf results file, join with input shapefile
 #' abimo: postprocess
-#' @description read dbf results file, join with input shapefile and write
-#' output shapefile including ABIMO results
-#' @param rawdir rawdir
-#' @param nameABIMOin nameABIMOin
-#' @param nameABIMOout nameABIMOout
-#' @param ABIMOjoinedName ABIMOjoinedName
-#' @return write shapefile with name "ABIMOjoinedName" to "rawdir"
+#' @description read dbf results file and joins with input shapefile
+#' @param path_input path of ABIMO input shapefile
+#' @param abimo_output path of ABIMO output DBF file
+#' @return
 #' @export
 #'
 #' @importFrom foreign read.dbf
@@ -219,21 +215,17 @@ makeVG <- function(rawdir,
 #' @importFrom dplyr left_join
 #' @importFrom magrittr "%>%"
 #'
-postProcessABIMO <- function(rawdir, nameABIMOin,
-                             nameABIMOout, ABIMOjoinedName){
+postProcessABIMO <- function(path_input,
+                             path_output){
 
   # read files
-  ABIMOin <- raster::shapefile(x=file.path(rawdir, nameABIMOin), stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
-  ABIMOout <- foreign::read.dbf(file=file.path(rawdir, nameABIMOout), as.is=TRUE)
-
-  ## set CODE in subcatchment data to padded CODE
-  #ABIMOin$CODE <- padCODE(ABIMOin@data$CODE)
+  ABIMOin <- raster::shapefile(x = path_input, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
+  ABIMOout <- foreign::read.dbf(file = path_output, as.is=TRUE)
 
   # join
   ABIMOjoined <- ABIMOin
   ABIMOjoined@data <- ABIMOin@data %>%
     dplyr::left_join(ABIMOout, by='CODE')
 
-  # write out joined table output as shapefile
-  raster::shapefile(x=ABIMOjoined, filename=file.path(rawdir, ABIMOjoinedName), overwrite=TRUE)
+  ABIMOjoined
 }
diff --git a/man/postProcessABIMO.Rd b/man/postProcessABIMO.Rd
index 25fd40b..c71cc83 100644
--- a/man/postProcessABIMO.Rd
+++ b/man/postProcessABIMO.Rd
@@ -4,21 +4,16 @@
 \alias{postProcessABIMO}
 \title{abimo: postprocess}
 \usage{
-postProcessABIMO(rawdir, nameABIMOin, nameABIMOout, ABIMOjoinedName)
+postProcessABIMO(path_input, path_output)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{rawdir}{rawdir}
+\item{path_input}{path of ABIMO input shapefile}
 
-\item{nameABIMOin}{nameABIMOin}
-
-\item{nameABIMOout}{nameABIMOout}
-
-\item{ABIMOjoinedName}{ABIMOjoinedName}
+\item{abimo_output}{path of ABIMO output DBF file}
 }
 \value{
-write shapefile with name "ABIMOjoinedName" to "rawdir"
+
 }
 \description{
-read dbf results file, join with input shapefile and write
-output shapefile including ABIMO results
+read dbf results file and joins with input shapefile
 }
diff --git a/vignettes/workflow_beijing.Rmd b/vignettes/workflow_beijing.Rmd
index 052cfb8..ce896e6 100644
--- a/vignettes/workflow_beijing.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/workflow_beijing.Rmd
@@ -278,35 +278,27 @@ message(cat(sprintf("Run ABIMO executable manually:
                     abimo_inp_path, 
                     abimo_out))
 )
-      
-kwb.utils::hsOpenWindowsExplorer(paths$abimo_exe)
-
-abimo_out_joined <- sprintf('abimo_%sout_joined.dbf', paths$site)
+}      
+kwb.utils::hsOpenWindowsExplorer(dirname(paths$abimo_exe))
 
 # postprocessing ----------------------------------------------------------------
 # post-process ABIMO output file -> join it with input shape file for 
 # visualization in GIS
-urbanAnnualRunoff::postProcessABIMO(rawdir = paths$abimo,
-                                    nameABIMOin = abimo_inp,
-                                    nameABIMOout = abimo_out,
-                                    ABIMOjoinedName = abimo_out_joined
-
+abimo_inpout <- urbanAnnualRunoff::postProcessABIMO(
+  path_input = file.path(paths$abimo, abimo_inp),
+  path_output = file.path(paths$abimo, abimo_out)
 )
 
-abimo_inpout <- kwb.abimo::abimo_comb_in_out(
-  file_ABIMO_out = file.path(paths$abimo, abimo_out),
-  file_ABIMO_in = abimo_inp_dbf_path
-)
-}
-
-}
+# kwb.abimo::abimo_comb_in_out() works only with DBF as input
+# abimo_inpout <- kwb.abimo::abimo_comb_in_out(
+#   file_ABIMO_out = file.path(paths$abimo, abimo_out),
+#   file_ABIMO_in = abimo_inp_dbf_path
+# )
 
 
 # compute emissions Tongzhou with OgRe AMC (annual mean concentration) database
 
 cDataFile <- file.path(paths$emissions_input, "annual_mean_conc.csv")
-outFile <- file.path(paths$emissions_output, "emissionsTz.shp")
-  
 
 # grab AMC from OgRe
 x_conc <- read.table(file = cDataFile, 
@@ -345,12 +337,15 @@ loads <- sapply(X = c_heavy_metals_means$conc_mean,
                 })
 
 # add computed loads to ABIMO dataset
-abimo_inpout <- cbind(abimo_inpout, loads)
+abimo_inpout_emissions <- cbind(abimo_inpout, loads)
 
 # write out joined table output as shapefile
-raster::shapefile(x = abimo_inpout, 
+outFile <- file.path(paths$emissions_output, 
+                     sprintf("abimo_%s_emissions.shp", paths$site))
+  
+raster::shapefile(x = abimo_inpout_emissions, 
                   filename = outFile, 
                   overwrite = TRUE)
 
-
+}
 ```