diff --git a/options/env.sh b/options/env.sh
index c392e51d1eeacd885df0eb619274cefbcb7b3ecb..c8cb33169f32d5caf80692de3c35e80b78744e4c 100755
--- a/options/env.sh
+++ b/options/env.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export JUGGLER_INSTALL_PREFIX=`realpath ${JUGGLER_INSTALL_PREFIX}`
 ## Location of local data for pass data from job to job within pipeline.
 ## Not saved as artifacts.
 if [ ! -n  "${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}" ] ; then 
-  LOCAL_DATA_PATH="/scratch/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}_${CI_PIPLINE_ID}"
+  export LOCAL_DATA_PATH="/scratch/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}_${CI_PIPLINE_ID}"
 fi
 
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