diff --git a/template.rc b/template.rc
index 0790f5721493580a1461764caf707b748ac77c28..cddffbeb474c6096264960ab1248fe204b9be5e7 100644
--- a/template.rc
+++ b/template.rc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ time.start          : 2000-01-01 00:00:00
 time.finish         : 2000-01-03 00:00:00
 time.cycle          : 1
 time.nlag           : 2
-dir.da_run          : /scratch/shared/peters/test_ctdas/exec
+dir.da_run          : template
 !random.seed.init    : ${datadir}/randomseedinit.pickle
 
 ! info on the resources needed