diff --git a/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_recexreco_art_tau_fromesd.sh b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_recexreco_art_tau_fromesd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac59da15fd7d1cfe0eb16d5b92cada611dde0bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_recexreco_art_tau_fromesd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# art-description: Athena runs topoclustering from an ESD file
+# art-type: grid
+# art-include: 21.0/Athena
+# art-include: 21.0-TrigMC/Athena
+# art-include: master/Athena
+# art-include: 21.3/Athena
+# art-include: 21.9/Athena
+
+athena tauRec/run_tau_standalone.py
+echo "art-result: $?"
diff --git a/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_recexreco_art_tau_fromesd_MT_oneThread.sh b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_recexreco_art_tau_fromesd_MT_oneThread.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70c89fe1b5fbde143046f8d34e6af9da1953d1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_recexreco_art_tau_fromesd_MT_oneThread.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# art-description: Athena runs topoclustering from an ESD file
+# art-type: grid
+# art-include: master/Athena
+
+athena --threads=1 tauRec/run_tau_standalone.py
+echo "art-result: $?"
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/run_tau_standalone.py b/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/run_tau_standalone.py
index cc2739fa760853ce684c7f6bd59444498b974809..926de0666acb183222e9e2435d93b772ebe159b7 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/run_tau_standalone.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/run_tau_standalone.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ svcMgr += CondSvc()
 include( "PerfMonGPerfTools/DisablePerfMon_jobOFragment.py" )
 
 # Input file
-dataFile="/afs/cern.ch/work/a/adbailey/public/ESD/mc16_13TeV.301046.PowhegPythia8EvtGen_AZNLOCTEQ6L1_DYtautau_1000M1250.recon.ESD.e3649_s3170_r9466/ESD.11318157._000005.pool.root.1"
+dataFile="/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/RecExRecoTest/mc16_13TeV.361022.Pythia8EvtGen_A14NNPDF23LO_jetjet_JZ2W.recon.ESD.e3668_s3170_r10572_homeMade.pool.root"
 
 from AthenaCommon.AthenaCommonFlags  import athenaCommonFlags
 athenaCommonFlags.FilesInput=[dataFile,dataFile]