diff --git a/roles/exampleservice-config/defaults/main.yml b/roles/exampleservice-config/defaults/main.yml
index 82098e0..0ce1f31 100644
--- a/roles/exampleservice-config/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/exampleservice-config/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # exampleservice-config/defaults/main.yml
 
-cord_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir + '/cord' }}"
-cord_profile_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir + '/cord_profile' }}"
-
+# As a test, this is assumed to entirely run on the head node
+head_cord_dir: "/opt/cord"
+head_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
diff --git a/roles/exampleservice-config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/exampleservice-config/tasks/main.yml
index dc21c17..c07838c 100644
--- a/roles/exampleservice-config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/exampleservice-config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     remote_src: True # file is local to the remote machine
     force: False # only copy if destination file doesn't exist
     src: "/dev/null"
-    dest: "{{ cord_profile_dir }}/key_import/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/key_import/{{ item }}"
     mode: 0600
   with_items:
     - exampleservice_rsa
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
 
 - name: Copy exampleservice onboarding TOSCA files to cord_profile
   copy:
-    src: "{{ cord_dir }}/orchestration/xos_services/exampleservice/xos/exampleservice-onboard.yaml"
-    dest: "{{ cord_profile_dir }}/exampleservice-onboard.yaml"
+    src: "{{ head_cord_dir }}/orchestration/xos_services/exampleservice/xos/exampleservice-onboard.yaml"
+    dest: "{{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/exampleservice-onboard.yaml"
 
 - name: TOSCA to mount exampleservice volume in XOS container
   template:
     src: "xos-exampleservice.yaml.j2"
-    dest: "{{ cord_profile_dir }}/xos-exampleservice.yaml"
+    dest: "{{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/xos-exampleservice.yaml"
 
 - name: TOSCA to create exampleservice test config
   template:
     src: "test-exampleservice.yaml.j2"
-    dest: "{{ cord_profile_dir }}/test-exampleservice.yaml"
+    dest: "{{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/test-exampleservice.yaml"
 
diff --git a/roles/exampleservice-config/templates/xos-exampleservice.yaml.j2 b/roles/exampleservice-config/templates/xos-exampleservice.yaml.j2
index 441e075..1baba82 100644
--- a/roles/exampleservice-config/templates/xos-exampleservice.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/exampleservice-config/templates/xos-exampleservice.yaml.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     /opt/xos_services/exampleservice:
       type: tosca.nodes.XOSVolume
       properties:
-          host_path: "{{ cord_dir }}/orchestration/xos_services/exampleservice"
+          host_path: "{{ head_cord_dir }}/orchestration/xos_services/exampleservice"
           read_only: True
       requirements:
           - xos: