diff --git a/docs/whats-new.rst b/docs/whats-new.rst
index d4e6882..6d4365d 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.rst
+++ b/docs/whats-new.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 What's New
 ==========
+
+.. _whats-new.2.4.3:
+
+v2.4.3
+------
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+- Fix a bug in the alignment of longitude values
+- Fix a bug with using non-standard spatial dimension names
+
 .. _whats-new.2.4.2:
 
 v2.4.2
diff --git a/metsim/disaggregate.py b/metsim/disaggregate.py
index 7367079..9e71d51 100644
--- a/metsim/disaggregate.py
+++ b/metsim/disaggregate.py
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ def disaggregate(df_daily: pd.DataFrame, params: dict,
         A dataframe with sub-daily timeseries.
     """
     # adjust any longitude values to be within [-180, +180] range
-    lon_var = params['domain_vars']['lon']
-    params[lon_var] = math.remainder(params[lon_var], 360)
+    params['lon'] = math.remainder(params['lon'], 360)
 
     stop = (df_daily.index[-1] + pd.Timedelta('1 days') -
             pd.Timedelta("{} minutes".format(params['time_step'])))
diff --git a/metsim/io.py b/metsim/io.py
index e57d85e..164335d 100644
--- a/metsim/io.py
+++ b/metsim/io.py
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ def read_netcdf(data_handle, domain=None, is_worker=False,
     else:
         ds = xr.open_dataset(data_handle)
 
+    # Needs to happen first to make sure variable names are correct
+    if var_dict is not None:
+        var_list = list(var_dict.keys())
+        ds = ds[var_list]
+        ds = ds.rename(var_dict)
+
     if domain is not None:
         ds = ds.sel({k: domain[k]
                      for k in list(domain.dims.keys())
@@ -289,11 +295,6 @@ def read_netcdf(data_handle, domain=None, is_worker=False,
         ds['time'] = (ds.indexes['time'] -
                       pd.Timedelta(hours=11, minutes=59, seconds=59)).round('D')
 
-    if var_dict is not None:
-        var_list = list(var_dict.keys())
-        ds = ds[var_list]
-        ds = ds.rename(var_dict)
-
     if start is not None or stop is not None:
         ds = ds.sel(time=slice(start, stop))
         dates = ds.indexes['time']