diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
index 273af9d38e..6fa51b86cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ jobs:
         setup: /opt/detector/setup.sh
         run: |
           export DETECTOR_CONFIG=${DETECTOR}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}
-          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH:+:${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH}}
+          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins:/usr/local/plugins
           chmod a+x bin/*
           $PWD/bin/eicrecon -Ppodio:output_file=rec_${{ matrix.particle }}_1GeV_20GeV_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4eic.root sim_${{ matrix.particle }}_1GeV_20GeV_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4hep.root -Pplugins=dump_flags,janadot -Pdump_flags:json=${{ matrix.particle }}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}_flags.json -Pjana:warmup_timeout=0 -Pjana:timeout=0
           dot -Tsvg jana.dot > jana.svg
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ jobs:
         setup: /opt/detector/setup.sh
         run: |
           export DETECTOR_CONFIG=${DETECTOR}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}
-          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH:+:${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH}}
+          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins:/usr/local/plugins
           chmod a+x bin/*
           $PWD/bin/eicrecon -Ppodio:output_file=rec_${{ matrix.particle }}_EcalLumiSpec_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4eic.root sim_${{ matrix.particle }}_EcalLumiSpec_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4hep.root -Ppodio:output_include_collections=EcalLumiSpecRawHits,EcalLumiSpecRecHits,EcalLumiSpecClusters,EcalLumiSpecClusterAssociations -PLUMISPECCAL:EcalLumiSpecIslandProtoClusters:splitCluster=1 -Pplugins=dump_flags,janadot -Pdump_flags:json=${{ matrix.particle }}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}_flags.json -Pjana:warmup_timeout=0 -Pjana:timeout=0
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ jobs:
         setup: /opt/detector/setup.sh
         run: |
           export DETECTOR_CONFIG=${DETECTOR}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}
-          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH:+:${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH}}
+          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins:/usr/local/plugins
           chmod a+x bin/*
           $PWD/bin/eicrecon -Ppodio:output_file=rec_dis_${{matrix.beam}}_minQ2=${{matrix.minq2}}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4eic.root sim_dis_${{matrix.beam}}_minQ2=${{matrix.minq2}}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4hep.root -Pplugins=janadot -Pjana:warmup_timeout=0 -Pjana:timeout=0
           dot -Tsvg jana.dot > jana.svg