diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl b/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl
index 85b57ab150ded70dc7b882b386d75d5d97508b1a..0e38b1607e95561ec6f39094d3acaa6f8695416c 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use strict;
 # ------------------------------ config -------------------------------
 my $release = 48;
 
-my $base_dir = "/lustre/work1/ensembl/gp1/projections/";
+my $base_dir = "/lustre/scratch1/ensembl/gp1/projections/";
 
 my $conf = "release_48.ini"; # registry config file, specifies Compara location