diff --git a/python/configure-datastream.py b/python/configure-datastream.py
index 7369955e..54aba4bb 100644
--- a/python/configure-datastream.py
+++ b/python/configure-datastream.py
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-import argparse, json, os, datetime
+import argparse, json, os
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 
-def write_conf(conf, out_dir, name):
+def write_json(conf, out_dir, name):
     conf_path = Path(out_dir,name)
     with open(conf_path,'w') as fp:
-        json.dump(conf, fp)
+        json.dump(conf, fp, indent=2)
     return conf_path
 
-def create_confs_daily(conf):
-    date = datetime.datetime.now()
-    date = date.strftime('%Y%m%d')
-    hourminute = '0000'
+def create_ds_confs_daily(conf, today, tomorrow):
     
-    conf['globals']['start_date'] = date + hourminute
-    conf['globals']['end_date']   = date + hourminute
+    conf['globals']['start_date'] = today
+    conf['globals']['end_date']   = tomorrow
 
     fp_conf = {
         "forcing" : {
@@ -37,8 +35,8 @@ def create_confs_daily(conf):
 
     nwm_conf = {
         "forcing_type" : "operational_archive",
-        "start_date"   : conf['globals']['start_date'],
-        "end_date"     : conf['globals']['end_date'],
+        "start_date"   : today,
+        "end_date"     : today, # If we specify this as tomorrow, we will get 2 days worth of data, just how nwmurl works
         "runinput"     : 1,
         "varinput"     : 5,
         "geoinput"     : 1,
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ def create_confs_daily(conf):
         "fcst_cycle"   : [0],
         "lead_time"    : [1],
     }
-    # "lead_time"    : [x+1 for x in range(24)]
+    # "lead_time"    : [x+1 for x in range(24)] HACK REMOVE AFTER DEVELOPMENT
 
     conf['forcingprcoessor'] = fp_conf
     conf['nwmurl'] = nwm_conf
@@ -55,20 +53,56 @@ def create_confs_daily(conf):
     return conf, fp_conf, nwm_conf
 
 def create_confs(conf):
-    if conf['globals']['start_date'] == "DAILY":
-        ds_conf, fp_conf, nwm_conf = create_confs_daily(conf)
+
+    today = datetime.now()
+    today = today.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+    tomorrow = today + timedelta(days=1)
+    
+    today_ds_confs = today.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M')
+    tomorrow_ds_confs = tomorrow.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M')
+
+    today_realization =  today.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+    tomorrow_realization =  tomorrow.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
 
     if "relative_to" in conf['globals'].keys():
-        out_dir = Path(conf['globals']['relative_to'],conf['globals']['data_dir'])
+        data_dir = Path(conf['globals']['relative_to'],conf['globals']['data_dir'])
     else:
-        out_dir = conf['globals']['data_dir']
-    out_dir = Path(out_dir,'datastream-configs')
+        data_dir = conf['globals']['data_dir']
+    ngen_config_dir = Path(data_dir,'ngen-run','config')
+    datastream_config_dir = Path(data_dir,'datastream-configs')
+    resources_dir = Path(data_dir,'datastream-resources')
+    resources_config_dir = Path(resources_dir,'ngen-configs')
+    
+    if conf['globals']['start_date'] == "DAILY":
+        
+        ds_conf, fp_conf, nwm_conf = create_ds_confs_daily(conf, today_ds_confs, tomorrow_ds_confs)
+
+        for path, _, files in os.walk(ngen_config_dir):
+            for jfile in files:
+                jfile_path = os.path.join(path,jfile)
+                if jfile_path.find('realization') >= 0: 
+                        realization_file = jfile_path
+                        break
+
+        with open(realization_file,'r') as fp:
+            data = json.load(fp)
+
+        template_realization = Path(resources_config_dir,"realization.json")
+        template_realization_rename = Path(resources_config_dir,"realization_template.json")
+        os.system(f'mv {template_realization} {template_realization_rename}')
+
+        data['time']['start_time'] = today_realization
+        data['time']['end_time']   = tomorrow_realization
+        write_json(data,ngen_config_dir,'realization.json')
+        
+    else: # Trusting config has been constructed properly
+        pass
 
-    write_conf(nwm_conf,out_dir,'conf_nwmurl.json')
-    write_conf(fp_conf,out_dir,'conf_fp.json')
-    write_conf(ds_conf,out_dir,'conf_datastream.json')
+    write_json(nwm_conf,datastream_config_dir,'conf_nwmurl.json')
+    write_json(fp_conf,datastream_config_dir,'conf_fp.json')
+    write_json(ds_conf,datastream_config_dir,'conf_datastream.json')
 
-    print(f'\ndatastream configs have been generated and placed here\n{out_dir}\n')
+    print(f'\ndatastream configs have been generated and placed here\n{datastream_config_dir}\n')
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()