diff --git a/tree_maker/repository.py b/tree_maker/repository.py
index 7ee465a337c7f471b2bf75f7611fd4ff38978532..53d1422e17af286d4547a6ea6149c1c09d4b5470 100644
--- a/tree_maker/repository.py
+++ b/tree_maker/repository.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def create_base(my_list, verbose=False):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    my_base = Path('~').expanduser() / "base"
+    #my_base = Path('~').expanduser() / "base"
+    my_base = Path('/afs/cern.ch/eng')
     my_list = [
         {
             "repo": "http://github.com/lhcopt/lhcmask",