diff --git a/cWrap.sh b/cWrap.sh
index 52079dc07..f315d126b 100755
--- a/cWrap.sh
+++ b/cWrap.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd $BASE_DIR
 
 modulename=`echo $1 | sed 's/\.py//' | sed 's/Unified\///'`
 mkdir -p $HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/
-eos mkdir -p $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/
+env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos mkdir -p $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/
 
 last_log=$HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/last.log
 s_dated_log=$modulename/`date +%F_%T`.log
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ echo $$ >> $log
 if [ -r unified_drain ] ; then
     echo "System is locally draining" >> $log
     cp $log $last_log
-    eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/.
-    eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/last.log
+    env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/.
+    env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/last.log
     exit
 fi
 if [ -r /eos/cms/store/unified/unified_drain ] ; then
     echo "System is globally draining" >> $log
     cp $log $last_log
-    eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/.
-    eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/last.log
+    env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/.
+    env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/last.log
     exit
 fi
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ echo `date` >> $log
 
 #cp $log $dated_log
 cp $log $last_log
-eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/.
-eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/last.log
+env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/.
+env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp $log $FINAL_HTML_DIR/logs/$modulename/last.log
 
 #rm $log
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index c177ec12d..8d74d0e15 100755
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ def close(self):
             try:
                 print "moving",self.cache_filename,"to",self.eos_filename
                 print("Attempt {}".format(T))
-                r = os.system("eoscp %s %s"%( self.cache_filename, self.eos_filename))
+                r = os.system("env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp %s %s"%( self.cache_filename, self.eos_filename))
                 if r==0 and os.path.getsize(self.eos_filename) > 0: return True
                 print "not able to copy to eos",self.eos_filename,"with code",r
                 time.sleep(30)
@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ def save(self):
 
         ## write the information out to disk
         new_base_eos_dir = 'root://eoscms.cern.ch/'+base_eos_dir
-        os.system('eoscp %s/closedout.json %s/closedout.json.last'%(new_base_eos_dir, new_base_eos_dir))
+        os.system('env EOS_MGM_URL=root://eoscms.cern.ch eos cp %s/closedout.json %s/closedout.json.last'%(new_base_eos_dir, new_base_eos_dir))
 
         ## merge the content
         try: