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 51515f66..2c9206bc 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/de_client.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/de_client.pp
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # DE client
 class eid::de_client (
-  String $make_target = 'DE-prod'
+  String $make_target = 'DE-prod',
+  String $path = '/var/cache/metadata_r1',
 ) {
 
   package { ['openjdk-17-jre-headless']: ensure => latest }
 
+
   sunet::scriptherder::cronjob { 'update-de':
-    cmd         => "sh -c 'cd /var/cache/metadata_r1 && make ${make_target}'",
+    cmd         => "sh -c 'cd ${path} && make ${make_target}'",
     minute      => '0',
     weekday     =>  '1',
     hour        =>  '8',