diff --git a/Generators/PowhegControl/python/processes/powheg/ttbb.py b/Generators/PowhegControl/python/processes/powheg/ttbb.py
index 747bab3b46b904641b6060789d04d9af3b36bde9..1f1f83b76578f368f3ca1bf6c0bd4f85a5a761d7 100644
--- a/Generators/PowhegControl/python/processes/powheg/ttbb.py
+++ b/Generators/PowhegControl/python/processes/powheg/ttbb.py
@@ -7,20 +7,26 @@ from ..external import ExternalMadSpin
 ## Get handle to Athena logging
 logger = Logging.logging.getLogger("PowhegControl")
 
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Manual fix for openloops libraries path, avoiding issues when /afs not available
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import os
-logger.info("Manual fixes for OpenLoops libraries paths")
-logger.info("OpenLoopsPath (before) = {0}".format(os.getenv('OpenLoopsPath')))
-logger.info("LD_LIBRARY_PATH (before) = {0}".format(os.getenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')))
-OLPath = "/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw/Generators/powheg/ATLASOTF-00-04-00/POWHEG-BOX-RES/ttbb/obj-gfortran"
-os.environ['OpenLoopsPath'] = OLPath
-ldpath = os.getenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
-ldpath_new = OLPath+ ":" + OLPath + "/proclib:" + ldpath
-os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = ldpath_new
-logger.info("OpenLoopsPath (after) = {0}".format(os.getenv('OpenLoopsPath')))
-logger.info("LD_LIBRARY_PATH (after) = {0}".format(os.getenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')))
+
+
+def _manually_set_openloops_paths():
+    '''
+    Manual fix for OpenLoops libraries path, avoiding issues when /afs not available
+    This is NOT a viable long-term solution and should be made obsolete after the migration
+    away from AFS is more advanced.
+    '''
+    import os
+    logger.warning("Applying manual, hard-coded fixes for OpenLoops library paths")
+    logger.info("OpenLoopsPath (before) = {0}".format(os.getenv('OpenLoopsPath')))
+    logger.info("LD_LIBRARY_PATH (before) = {0}".format(os.getenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')))
+    OLPath = "/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw/Generators/powheg/ATLASOTF-00-04-00/POWHEG-BOX-RES/ttbb/obj-gfortran"
+    os.environ['OpenLoopsPath'] = OLPath
+    ldpath = os.getenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
+    ldpath_new = OLPath+ ":" + OLPath + "/proclib:" + ldpath
+    os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = ldpath_new
+    logger.info("OpenLoopsPath (after) = {0}".format(os.getenv('OpenLoopsPath')))
+    logger.info("LD_LIBRARY_PATH (after) = {0}".format(os.getenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')))
+
 
 
 # Dictionary to convert the PowhegControl decay mode names to the appropriate
@@ -58,6 +64,9 @@ class ttbb(PowhegRES):
         """
         super(ttbb, self).__init__(base_directory, "ttbb", **kwargs)
 
+        # This is a hacky fix that's needed at the moment...
+        _manually_set_openloops_paths()
+
         # This process' integration needs Athena to be set to run at least two parallel processes
         # Advise the user about this here:
         if self.cores < 2: