diff --git a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml
index 17094f047f01f78881996c1ad5688200dbc5644b..3741d9f1013dd91f5b91059822e0df8d170218a9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/config.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-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 203ce3f00e88e35a929ed3040d4a82d84936a4a0..36035ba0ff99ecfa14633744f60ee05944f09784 100644
--- a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/sim_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/sim_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 #!/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}"