diff --git a/Framepool/VariantEffect/dataloader.py b/Framepool/VariantEffect/dataloader.py
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+from kipoiseq.dataloaders import SingleVariantUTRDataLoader
+
+class SingleVariantFramepoolDataloader(SingleVariantUTRDataLoader):
+    def __init__(self, gtf_file, fasta_file, vcf_file, vcf_file_tbi=None, infer_from_cds=False, on_error_warn=True, **kwargs):
+        kwargs["feature_type"] = "5UTR"
+        super().__init__(
+            gtf_file=gtf_file,
+            fasta_file=fasta_file,
+            vcf_file=vcf_file,
+            vcf_file_tbi=vcf_file_tbi,
+            infer_from_cds=infer_from_cds,
+            on_error_warn=on_error_warn,
+            **kwargs
+        )
diff --git a/Framepool/VariantEffect/dataloader.yaml b/Framepool/VariantEffect/dataloader.yaml
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+defined_as: dataloader.py::SingleVariantFramepoolDataloader
+
+type: SampleIterator
+args:
+    gtf_file:
+        doc: file path; Genome annotation GTF file
+        example:
+            url: https://github.com/kipoi/kipoiseq/blob/ddeb4eefc15ebf8a9b88fca4ce99d9b315d54f34/tests/data/chr22_ENST00000319363.gtf?raw=true
+            md5: 8a1f158e17379773fcab21628fc3910f
+            name: gtf_file.gtf
+    fasta_file:
+        doc: Reference Genome sequence in fasta format
+        example:
+            url: https://github.com/kipoi/kipoiseq/blob/ddeb4eefc15ebf8a9b88fca4ce99d9b315d54f34/tests/data/chr22.fa.gz?raw=true
+            md5: 5ebe034256ecc5689989a96387c5a65e
+            name: fasta_file.fa.gz
+    vcf_file:
+        doc: Genomic variants to evaluate in VCF format
+        example:
+            url: https://github.com/kipoi/kipoiseq/blob/ddeb4eefc15ebf8a9b88fca4ce99d9b315d54f34/tests/data/chr22_ENST00000319363.vcf.gz?raw=true
+            md5: c45e75fb75326c2be514d2dcea52e585
+            name: vcf_file.vcf.gz
+    vcf_file_tbi:
+        doc: tabix index of vcf (just to make kipoi tests work - leave as None in normal usage)
+        optional: True
+        example:
+            url: https://github.com/kipoi/kipoiseq/blob/ddeb4eefc15ebf8a9b88fca4ce99d9b315d54f34/tests/data/chr22_ENST00000319363.vcf.gz.tbi?raw=true
+            md5: 9aebc88287a3d6b8517ace9e0fc427af
+            name: vcf_file.vcf.gz.tbi
+    infer_from_cds:
+        doc: infer UTR regions from coding sequence
+        optional: True
+        default: False
+        example: False
+        type: bool
+    on_error_warn:
+        doc: print warning instead of throwing an error on malformed input
+        optional: True
+        default: True
+        example: True
+        type: bool
+
+output_schema:
+    inputs:
+        ref_seq:
+            name: ref_seq
+            shape: ()
+            special_type: DNAStringSeq
+            doc: reference sequence of 5' UTR
+            associated_metadata: ranges
+        alt_seq:
+            name: alt_seq
+            doc: alternative sequence of 5' UTR
+            shape: ()
+            special_type: DNAStringSeq
+            associated_metadata: ranges, variants
+    metadata:
+        transcript_id:
+            type: str
+            doc: transcript id
+        variant:
+            chrom:
+                type: str
+                doc: chromsome of variant
+            pos:
+                type: int
+                doc: variant position
+            ref:
+                type: str
+                doc: variant reference
+            alt:
+                type: str
+                doc: variant alternative string
+            id:
+                type: str
+                doc: variant id
+            str:
+                type: str
+                doc: string representation of the variant
+