diff --git a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.sh b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88945eccb1939989b4e7748bac5a7fa6f00c0007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}" ]] ; then
+  export JUGGLER_DETECTOR="topside"
+fi
+export CB_EMCAL_COMPACT_PATH=${DETECTOR_PATH}/${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}.xml
+
+
+if [[ ! -n  "${CB_EMCAL_NUMEV}" ]] ; then
+  export CB_EMCAL_NUMEV=1000
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -n  "${CB_EMCAL_ENERGY}" ]] ; then
+  export CB_EMCAL_ENERGY=5.0
+fi
+
+
+if [[ ! -n "${CB_EMCAL_SAMP_FRAC}" ]] ; then
+  export CB_EMCAL_SAMP_FRAC=0.014
+fi
+
+export CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG="emcal_barrel_uniform_electrons"
+export CB_EMCAL_GEN_FILE="${CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG}.hepmc"
+
+export CB_EMCAL_SIM_FILE="sim_${CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG}.root"
+export CB_EMCAL_REC_FILE="rec_${CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG}.root"
+
diff --git a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml
index 3741d9f1013dd91f5b91059822e0df8d170218a9..17094f047f01f78881996c1ad5688200dbc5644b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+env:sampling_ecal_electrons:
+  stage: config
+  script:
+    - bash benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.sh
+
 sim:sampling_ecal_electrons:
   stage: run
   script:
diff --git a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/sim_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/sim_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
index 36035ba0ff99ecfa14633744f60ee05944f09784..203ce3f00e88e35a929ed3040d4a82d84936a4a0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/sim_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/sim_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
@@ -1,30 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}" ]] ; then
-  export JUGGLER_DETECTOR="topside"
-fi
-export CB_EMCAL_COMPACT_PATH=${DETECTOR_PATH}/${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}.xml
-
-
-if [[ ! -n  "${CB_EMCAL_NUMEV}" ]] ; then
-  export CB_EMCAL_NUMEV=1000
-fi
-
-if [[ ! -n  "${CB_EMCAL_ENERGY}" ]] ; then
-  export CB_EMCAL_ENERGY=5.0
-fi
-
-
-if [[ ! -n "${CB_EMCAL_SAMP_FRAC}" ]] ; then
-  export CB_EMCAL_SAMP_FRAC=0.014
-fi
-
-export CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG="emcal_barrel_uniform_electrons"
-export CB_EMCAL_GEN_FILE="${CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG}.hepmc"
-
-export CB_EMCAL_SIM_FILE="sim_${CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG}.root"
-export CB_EMCAL_REC_FILE="rec_${CB_EMCAL_NAME_TAG}.root"
-
 echo "CB_EMCAL_NUMEV = ${CB_EMCAL_NUMEV}"
 echo "CB_EMCAL_COMPACT_PATH = ${CB_EMCAL_COMPACT_PATH}"