diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 445a13eca1401a21478454fb008ac7b2d86a2f49..7b8a1e19758e8476e07615012b07e8348e9287df 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -76,22 +76,12 @@ detector_benchmarks:
   needs: ["common:variables"]
   variables:
     JUGGLER_DETECTOR: "athena"
+    JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG: "athena"
     COMMON_BENCH_VERSION: "$COMMON_BENCH_VERSION"
   trigger:
     project: EIC/benchmarks/detector_benchmarks
     strategy: depend
 
-    #physics_benchmarks:
-    #  stage: benchmarks
-    #  needs: ["common:variables"]
-    #  variables:
-    #    JUGGLER_DETECTOR: "athena"
-    #    COMMON_BENCH_VERSION: "$COMMON_BENCH_VERSION"
-    #  trigger:
-    #    project: EIC/benchmarks/physics_benchmarks
-    #    strategy: depend
-
-
 pages:
   image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/eic_container/alpine
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/bin/env.sh b/bin/env.sh
index 4c5ae9743a50aac6cdb33dbe5bafe1edb3219917..792b75684b3dc28d42dc3851043d9a928d644db7 100755
--- a/bin/env.sh
+++ b/bin/env.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 ##  - BEAMLINE_CONFIG:         compact detector files for the interaciton point beamline
 ##  - BEAMLINE_CONFIG_VERSION: compact detector files for the interaciton point beamline
 ##  - JUGGLER_DETECTOR:        detector package to be used for the benchmark
-##  - JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERISON:        detector package to be used for the benchmark
+##  - JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG: detector package config to be used for the benchmark
+##  - JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION:        detector package to be used for the benchmark
 ##  - JUGGLER_N_EVENTS:        events processed by simulation/reconstruction
 ##  - JUGGLER_INSTALL_PREFIX:  location where Juggler (digi/recon) is installed
 ##  - JUGGLER_N_THREADS:       Number of threads/processes to spawn in parallel
 ##  - JUGGLER_RNG_SEED:        Random seed for the RNG
 ##
-## It also defines the following additional variables for internal usage
+## It also defines the following additional variables for internally usage
 ##  - LOCAL_PREFIX:           prefix for packages installed during the benchmark
 ##  - LOCAL_DATA_PATH:        local storage for pipeline jobs
 ##  - DETECTOR_PREFIX:        prefix for the detector definitions
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ if [ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}" ] ; then
   export JUGGLER_DETECTOR="athena"
 fi
 
+if [ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG}" ] ; then
+  export JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG="athena"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION}" ] ; then 
   export JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION="master"
 fi
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ export ROOT_BUILD_DIR=$LOCAL_PREFIX/root_build
 export ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH=${LOCAL_PREFIX}/include:${ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH}
 
 echo "JUGGLER_DETECTOR:           ${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}"
+echo "JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG:    ${JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG}"
 echo "JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION:   ${JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION}"
 echo "JUGGLER_N_EVENTS:           ${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}"
 echo "JUGGLER_N_THREADS:          ${JUGGLER_N_THREADS}"
diff --git a/bin/print_env.sh b/bin/print_env.sh
index d8b19f517d873525029b474c9ff8bab0011bc687..5c37447e03ed95737e21660baad879cf23243277 100755
--- a/bin/print_env.sh
+++ b/bin/print_env.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 echo "JUGGLER_TAG:                ${JUGGLER_TAG}"
 echo "JUGGLER_DETECTOR:           ${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}"
+echo "JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG:    ${JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG}"
 echo "JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION:   ${JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION}"
 echo "JUGGLER_N_EVENTS:           ${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}"
 echo "JUGGLER_N_THREADS:          ${JUGGLER_N_THREADS}"