diff --git a/roles/test-exampleservice/defaults/main.yml b/roles/test-exampleservice/defaults/main.yml
index 04b252e..82900ab 100644
--- a/roles/test-exampleservice/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/test-exampleservice/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # test-exampleservice/defaults/main.yml
 
-cord_profile_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir + '/cord_profile' }}"
+head_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
 xos_ui_port: 9000
 
diff --git a/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml b/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
index 08fad6b..fd69893 100644
--- a/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     url: "http://xos.{{ site_suffix }}:{{ xos_ui_port }}/api/utility/tosca/run/"
     user: "{{ xos_admin_user }}"
     password:  "{{ xos_admin_pass }}"
-    recipe: "{{ lookup('file', cord_profile_dir + '/test-exampleservice.yaml' ) }}"
+    recipe: "{{ lookup('file', head_cord_profile_dir + '/test-exampleservice.yaml' ) }}"
 
 - name: Wait for ExampleService VM to come up
-  shell: bash -c "source ~/admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants|grep 'exampleservice.*ACTIVE' > /dev/null"
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants|grep 'exampleservice.*ACTIVE' > /dev/null"
   register: result
   until: result | success
   retries: 10
@@ -19,25 +19,25 @@
     - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
 
 - name: Get ID of VM
-  shell: bash -c "source ~/admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants|grep mysite_exampleservice|cut -d '|' -f 2"
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants|grep mysite_exampleservice|cut -d '|' -f 2"
   register: nova_id
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
 
 - name: Get mgmt IP of VM
-  shell: bash -c "source ~/admin-openrc.sh; nova interface-list {{ nova_id.stdout }}|grep -o -m 1 '172\.27\.[[:digit:]]*\.[[:digit:]]*'"
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; nova interface-list {{ nova_id.stdout }}|grep -o -m 1 '172\.27\.[[:digit:]]*\.[[:digit:]]*'"
   register: mgmt_ip
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
 
 - name: Get public IP of VM
-  shell: bash -c "source ~/admin-openrc.sh; nova interface-list {{ nova_id.stdout }}|grep -o -m 1 '10\.6\.[[:digit:]]*\.[[:digit:]]*'"
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; nova interface-list {{ nova_id.stdout }}|grep -o -m 1 '10\.6\.[[:digit:]]*\.[[:digit:]]*'"
   register: public_ip
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
 
 - name: Get name of compute node
-  shell: bash -c "source ~/admin-openrc.sh; nova service-list|grep nova-compute|cut -d '|' -f 3"
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; nova service-list|grep nova-compute|cut -d '|' -f 3"
   register: node_name
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job