diff --git a/jjb/omec-ci.yaml b/jjb/omec-ci.yaml
index 1af8803..6540486 100644
--- a/jjb/omec-ci.yaml
+++ b/jjb/omec-ci.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
           build-node: "ubuntu16.04-basebuild-2c-4g"
           blackduck-project: omec
           github-organization: omec-project
-          git-server-url: "https://github.com"
+          git-server-url: "https://github.com/omec-project"
 
 # generic OMEC test-case jobs, shared by other projects and triggered within pipelines
 - project:
diff --git a/jjb/opencord.yaml b/jjb/opencord.yaml
index b9505bd..7b41d59 100644
--- a/jjb/opencord.yaml
+++ b/jjb/opencord.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
       - 'synopsys-check':
           build-node: "ubuntu16.04-basebuild-2c-4g"
           blackduck-project: opencord
+          git-server-url: "{gerrit-server-url}"
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/synopsys-check.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/synopsys-check.groovy
index f454d29..b46e470 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/synopsys-check.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/synopsys-check.groovy
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@
     stage ("Get repo list") {
       steps {
         script {
-          def repos = sh(
+          /* this defines the variable globally - not ideal, but works - see:
+          https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50571316/strange-variable-scoping-behavior-in-jenkinsfile
+          */
+          repos = sh(
               returnStdout: true,
               script: """
                 #!/usr/bin/env bash
@@ -48,8 +51,9 @@
                   # github org set, assume github organization
                   curl -sS "https://api.github.com/orgs/${github_organization}/repos" | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin); print ",".join(map(lambda item: item["name"], obj))'
                 fi
-              """
+                """
               ).split(",")
+          echo "repo list: ${repos}"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/jjb/synopsys-check.yaml b/jjb/synopsys-check.yaml
index 2688ae4..979554a 100644
--- a/jjb/synopsys-check.yaml
+++ b/jjb/synopsys-check.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
       - string:
          name: git_server_url
-         default: '{gerrit-server-url}'
+         default: '{git-server-url}'
          description: 'Git Server URL'
 
       - string: