diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7eb886e8d3a90b6d2f3d2685bdebfb8918b966d5..1dbb3b61f6c9ed9e6b8c49a2f1a086737e4d3d15 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ common:setup:
       git clone -b "${COMMON_BENCH_VERSION}" https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/benchmarks/common_bench.git setup
   script:
     - |
-      if [[ "x${CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE}" == "xmerge_request_event"  || "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "master" ]]; then
+      if [[ "x${CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE}" == "xmerge_request_event"  || "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "main" ]]; then
         echo "DETECTOR               = ${DETECTOR}"
         echo "DETECTOR_CONFIG        = ${DETECTOR_CONFIG}"
         echo "DETECTOR_VERSION       = ${DETECTOR_VERSION}"
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ common:benchmarks:
   stage: initialize
   needs: ["common:setup"]
   script:
-    - git clone ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} ${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/benchmarks
-    - git -C ${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/benchmarks checkout ${GITHUB_REF}
+    - git clone ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} /scratch/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}_${CI_PIPELINE_ID}/benchmarks
+    - git -C /scratch/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}_${CI_PIPELINE_ID}/benchmarks checkout ${GITHUB_REF}
 
 benchmarks:running:
   stage: running