diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2275492..d1a5233 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ optional arguments:
   --end-date END_DATE   the starting date (yyyy-mm-dd) of the request window (default: None)
   --stations STATIONS   the stations requested (seperated by comma) (default: PMAQ,ICQ,SNFQ,RISQ,SMQ,CNQ)
   --channels CHANNELS   the channels requested (seperated by comma) (default: HHE,HHN,HHZ,HNE,HNN,HNZ,EHZ)
+```
 
 ## Pre-processing
 
 #### Labels
 The labels are generated using a matlab code. The output of this code is a matrix saved in a .mat format.
 This script reads this matrix and converts the labels (date of calls, time of calls, station monitored, whale type) to the correct format.
+
 ```
 usage: preprocess_labels.py [-h] [--output_dir OUTPUT_DIR] [--input_file INPUT_FILE]
 
diff --git a/scripts/apply_bandpass_filter.py b/scripts/apply_bandpass_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d976573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/apply_bandpass_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, Namespace
+from pathlib import Path
+from obspy.core import read
+from tqdm import tqdm
+from os import path
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    sac_files = args.input_sac_files
+    if not path.exists(sac_files):
+        raise (sac_files + " does not exist!")
+
+    sac_lists = []
+    with open(sac_files) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            line = line.strip()
+            sac_lists.append(line)
+
+    freq_min = args.freq_min
+    freq_max = args.freq_max
+
+    output_dir = Path(args.output_dir).expanduser().resolve()
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    for sac_file in tqdm(sac_lists):
+        st = read(sac_file)
+        st.filter(
+            "bandpass", freqmin=freq_min, freqmax=freq_max, zerophase=True
+        )
+        datestring = sac_file.split("/")[-2]
+        output_name = sac_file.split("/")[-1]
+        date_folder = output_dir / datestring
+        date_folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        st.write(str(date_folder / output_name), format="SAC")
+
+
+def parse_args() -> Namespace:
+    description = "Script to apply bandpass filter to a list of SAC files"
+    arg_parser = ArgumentParser(
+        description=description, formatter_class=ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+    )
+
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--input-sac-files",
+        default="/network/projects/aia/whale_call/SAC_FILES_RAW.txt",
+        type=str,
+        help="path to a .txt file including a list of SAC files"
+        + " to be filtered.",
+    )
+
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-dir",
+        default="data/",
+        type=str,
+        help="path to the save filtered SAC file",
+    )
+
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--freq-min",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="low frequency of the bandpass filter",
+    )
+
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--freq-max",
+        default=32,
+        type=int,
+        help="high frequency of the bandpass filter",
+    )
+
+    return arg_parser.parse_args()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()