diff --git a/src/CountriesByBatchcodeProvider.py b/src/CountriesByBatchcodeProvider.py
index 9504f5b304e..12a9aa906b6 100644
--- a/src/CountriesByBatchcodeProvider.py
+++ b/src/CountriesByBatchcodeProvider.py
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ def _readExploration(csvFile, indexName):
 
 def getCountriesByBatchcodeBeforeDeletion():
     internationalVaersCovid19 = getInternationalVaersCovid19(dataDir = 'VAERS/VAERSBeforeDeletion', years = [2020, 2021, 2022])
-    batchCodeTable = BatchCodeTableFactory(internationalVaersCovid19).createGlobalBatchCodeTable()
+    batchCodeTable = BatchCodeTableFactory(internationalVaersCovid19).createGlobalBatchCodeTable(countriesAsList = True)
     return batchCodeTable[['Countries']]
diff --git a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
index a97676eac3d..476fa7a2503 100644
--- a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
+++ b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
@@ -137,10 +137,33 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "internationalVaersCovid19 = getInternationalVaersCovid19(years = years_from_start_of_COVID_vaccination_to_present)\n",
+    "internationalVaersCovid19 = getInternationalVaersCovid19(dataDir = 'VAERS', years = years_from_start_of_COVID_vaccination_to_present)\n",
     "internationalVaersCovid19"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "4e789358",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from CountriesByBatchcodeProvider import getCountriesByBatchcodeBeforeDeletion\n",
+    "\n",
+    "countriesByBatchcodeBeforeDeletion = getCountriesByBatchcodeBeforeDeletion()\n",
+    "countriesByBatchcodeBeforeDeletion"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "15ec979e",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "countriesByBatchcodeBeforeDeletion.to_csv('tmp/countriesByBatchcodeBeforeDeletion.csv')"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,