diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eebb693afcd0a2443ae41342a1f6894dfebcd9cd..92fb1a2a68ee77e5df5e3c9b8ba9438726931495 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ detector_benchmarks:
     - if: '$CI_SERVER_HOST == "eicweb.phy.anl.gov"' 
   needs: ["common:variables"]
   variables:
-    DETECTOR: "epic"
-    DETECTOR_CONFIG: "epic"
     COMMON_BENCH_VERSION: "$COMMON_BENCH_VERSION"
   trigger:
     project: EIC/benchmarks/detector_benchmarks
diff --git a/bin/env.sh b/bin/env.sh
index 65cf81f9a3d50dc578c3c2cd54ce2be86197ef0e..b497c59753f842270f3d1ca5bf54cdd4a31d4dc0 100755
--- a/bin/env.sh
+++ b/bin/env.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ if [ ! -n  "${BEAMLINE_CONFIG_VERSION}" ] ; then
   export BEAMLINE_CONFIG_VERSION="master"
 fi
 
+if [ ! -n  "${BEAMLINE_REPOSITORYURL}" ] ; then 
+  export BEAMLINE_REPOSITORYURL="https://github.com/eic/${BEAMLINE_CONFIG}.git"
+fi
+
 
 ## Detector package to be used during the benchmark process
 if [ ! -n  "${DETECTOR}" ] ; then