diff --git a/Ntupliser/scripts/mkNtuples b/Ntupliser/scripts/mkNtuples
index 972b32e684ef87e8f3c73a28cab75ee0807b8f2c..e1b1fc38b98aad49b560b8b44257afe2b1fc0676 100755
--- a/Ntupliser/scripts/mkNtuples
+++ b/Ntupliser/scripts/mkNtuples
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ run_from_DAS_tools = which('el8') is not None
 
 if not 'git' in params:
 
+    origin = os.environ['CORE_BASE']
     if run_from_DAS_tools:
-        initMetaInfo = subprocess.check_output(["initMetaInfo", "json"]).decode()
+        cmd = ["initMetaInfo", origin, "json"]
+        initMetaInfo = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode()
         metainfo = json.loads(initMetaInfo)
         params.update(metainfo)
 
     else:
         import git
-        origin = os.environ['CORE_BASE']
         repo = git.Repo(origin)
         sha = repo.head.object.hexsha[:15]
         params['git'] = {