diff --git a/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/Grid.java b/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/Grid.java
index 6815899be8a..48eb2951430 100644
--- a/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/Grid.java
+++ b/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/Grid.java
@@ -268,19 +268,32 @@ private void setActivityCoord2NearestReceiverPointId () {
 		counter.printCounter();
 
 		counter = new Counter("compute nearest receiver-points #");
+		Counter otherCounter = new Counter("activities outside grid #");
 		for (Coord coord : consideredActivityCoordsForSpatialFunctionality) {
 
 			// TODO maybe add a check here so we consider only the rp in the 9 surrounding cells?
-			ReceiverPoint rp = qTree.getClosest(coord.getX(), coord.getY());
-			if(rp != null) {
-				if(activityCoord2receiverPointId.put(coord, rp.getId()) != null){
-					log.warn("this must not happen");
+			// ts, nov' 24:  ---> might be done by the following filtering (by grid) ??
+
+			// Filter activity coords that are within the quadTree.
+			// I do not know, why whe put a buffer around the grid when instantiating the QuadTree, above, but I'll keep it for now
+			// tschlenther, nov '24
+			if (coord.getX() >= xCoordMin && coord.getX() <= xCoordMax &&
+					coord.getY() >= yCoordMin && coord.getY() <= yCoordMax){
+
+				ReceiverPoint rp = qTree.getClosest(coord.getX(), coord.getY());
+				if(rp != null) {
+					if(activityCoord2receiverPointId.put(coord, rp.getId()) != null){
+						log.warn("this must not happen");
+					}
 				}
-			}
 
-			counter.incCounter();
+				counter.incCounter();
+			} else {
+				otherCounter.incCounter();
+			}
 		}
 		counter.printCounter();
+		otherCounter.printCounter();
 	}
 
 	private void readReceiverPoints(String file, CoordinateTransformation ct) throws IOException {
diff --git a/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/NoiseContextImpl.java b/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/NoiseContextImpl.java
index d941615320a..bad61d3696c 100644
--- a/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/NoiseContextImpl.java
+++ b/contribs/noise/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/noise/NoiseContextImpl.java
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ private void checkConsistency() {
 					|| this.grid.getGridParams().getReceiverPointsGridMinX() != 0.
 					|| this.grid.getGridParams().getReceiverPointsGridMaxY() != 0.
 					|| this.grid.getGridParams().getReceiverPointsGridMinY() != 0.) {
-				log.warn("In order to keep track of the agent activities, the grid of receiver points should not be limited to a set of predefined coordinates."
+				log.warn("In order to keep track of ALL the agent activities, the grid of receiver points should not be limited to a set of predefined coordinates."
 						+ "For a grid covering all activity locations, set the minimum and maximum x/y parameters to 0.0. "
-						+ "There will be more agents mapped to the receiver points at the edges. Only the inner receiver points should be used for analysis.");
+						+ "Damages will be computed only for activities that are performed within the receiver point grid.");
 			}
 						
 			if (this.grid.getGridParams().getReceiverPointsGridMinX() == 0. && this.grid.getGridParams().getReceiverPointsGridMinY() == 0. && this.grid.getGridParams().getReceiverPointsGridMaxX() == 0. && this.grid.getGridParams().getReceiverPointsGridMaxY() == 0.) {
diff --git a/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/NoiseDashboardTests.java b/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/NoiseDashboardTests.java
index a4ce705e001..178bfa9109f 100644
--- a/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/NoiseDashboardTests.java
+++ b/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/NoiseDashboardTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.matsim.simwrapper.dashboard;
 
+import com.opencsv.CSVReader;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.matsim.testcases.MatsimTestUtils;
 
 
+import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
@@ -51,6 +53,19 @@ void generate() {
 			.isDirectoryContaining("glob:**damages_receiverPoint_per_day.avro")
 			.isDirectoryContaining("glob:**noise_stats.csv");
 
-		//TODO check content / values of the files
+		double totalDamages;
+		double totalImmissions;
+		try {
+			CSVReader reader = new CSVReader(new FileReader(utils.getOutputDirectory() + "analysis/noise/noise_stats.csv"));
+			reader.skip(1);
+			totalDamages = Double.parseDouble(reader.readNext()[1]);
+			totalImmissions = Double.parseDouble(reader.readNext()[1]);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+
+		Assertions.assertThat(totalDamages == 3573114.25);
+		Assertions.assertThat( totalImmissions == 2.688);
+
 	}
 }