diff --git a/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties b/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties
index 49dc916f29bb32843ddb9de1c0409a380f9fee71..648b22d1ecdcd99f1f6741a36a73bf5a3a4b389a 100644
--- a/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties
+++ b/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tblastx=-I /nfs/pathsoft/prod/perl/flexi_blast.pl -tx
 blastn=-I /nfs/pathsoft/prod/perl/flexi_blast.pl
 fasta=-I /nfs/disk222/yeastpub/bio-soft/fasta/fasta33_t -B -S -q -b 100 -H -l /nfs/disk222/yeastpub/bio-soft/fasta/pubseqgbs
 fastx=-I /nfs/disk222/yeastpub/bio-soft/fasta/fastx33_t -B -S -q -b 40 -H -l /nfs/disk222/yeastpub/bio-soft/fasta/pubseqgbs
+wdir=/nfs/pathscratch1/scratch
 %uniprot=%U
 %uniprot_archaea=%A
 %uniprot_bacteria=%B