diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/de_client.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/de_client.pp
index 148d8331..8f039f3f 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/de_client.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/de_client.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class eid::de_client (
   package { ['openjdk-17-jre-headless']: ensure => latest }
 
   sunet::scriptherder::cronjob { 'update-de':
-    cmd         => "cd /opt/metadata && make ${make_target}",
+    cmd         => "sh -c 'cd /var/cache/metadata_r1 && make ${make_target}'",
     minute      => '0',
     weekday     =>  '1',
     hour        =>  '9',