diff --git a/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/defaults/main.yml b/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/defaults/main.yml
index ff338b7..42c8d6e 100644
--- a/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # monitoringservice-onboard/defaults/main.yml
 
-cord_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir + '/cord' }}"
-cord_profile_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir + '/cord_profile' }}"
+# paths
+head_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
 
 xos_bootstrap_ui_port: 9001
 
diff --git a/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/tasks/main.yml b/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/tasks/main.yml
index 9538d7f..c1156f8 100644
--- a/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/monitoringservice-onboard/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
 # monitoringservice-onboard/tasks/main.yml
 
 - name: Disable onboarding
-  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} /opt/cord_profile/disable-onboarding.yaml"
+  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} {{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/disable-onboarding.yaml"
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # TOSCA loading should be idempotent
 
 - name: Have XOS container mount monitoringservice volume
-  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} /opt/cord_profile/xos-monitoringservice.yaml"
+  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} {{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/xos-monitoringservice.yaml"
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # TOSCA loading should be idempotent
 
 - name: Onboard monitoringservice
-  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} /opt/cord_profile/monitoring-onboard.yaml"
+  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} {{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/monitoring-onboard.yaml"
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # TOSCA loading should be idempotent
 
 - name: Enable onboarding
-  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} /opt/cord_profile/enable-onboarding.yaml"
+  command: "python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py {{ xos_admin_user }} {{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/enable-onboarding.yaml"
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # TOSCA loading should be idempotent