diff --git a/SCRIPTS/make_paths.sh b/SCRIPTS/make_paths.sh
index c762a2659eb12603fcaf252ef85e21d577e471a4..65b574224739cb64d733c47854ac35f08098abd0 100755
--- a/SCRIPTS/make_paths.sh
+++ b/SCRIPTS/make_paths.sh
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export ARCH=$GFILE/ARCH
 export XIOS_DIR=$WORK/xios-2.0_r1242
 export BATHY=global_merged2.nc
 export ARCH1=$WORK/ARCH
+export GITCLONE=$WORK/BoBEAS