diff --git a/src/classes/PRunDataHandler.cpp b/src/classes/PRunDataHandler.cpp
index 882ec1ea..9e14d06d 100644
--- a/src/classes/PRunDataHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/PRunDataHandler.cpp
@@ -2258,6 +2258,12 @@ Bool_t PRunDataHandler::ReadNexusFile()
     if (nxs_file->HasDataset("/run/number"))
       ival = nxs_file->GetDataset<int>("/run/number").GetData()[0];
     runData.SetRunNumber(ival);
+
+    // get/set temperature
+    dval = PMUSR_UNDEFINED;
+    if (nxs_file->HasDataset("/run/sample/temperature"))
+      dval = nxs_file->GetDataset<float>("/run/sample/temperature").GetData()[0];
+    runData.SetTemperature(0, dval, 0.0);
 #endif
   } else { // HDF5
     std::unique_ptr<nxH5::PNeXus> nxs_file = std::make_unique<nxH5::PNeXus>(fRunPathName.Data());