diff --git a/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh b/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh
index d152412..5e566b3 100755
--- a/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh
+++ b/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ arg_prefix=$2
 log () {
     local msg=$1
     if [[ -n $_VERBOSITY ]]; then 
-        echo $msg
+        echo "### $msg"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_RELEASE_VERSION__USER=$(canonize_tag $arg_tag)
 HLRS_OPT_PREFIX__USER=$(create_dir $arg_prefix)
 
 # Define various repo locations
-_HLRS_SPACK_REPO=file://$HOME/spack-test/dummy_repo/spack-v0.21.2.git
-_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING_REPO=file://$HOME/spack-test/dummy_repo/software-stack-plumbing.git
-_HLRS_SPACK_CONFIG_REPO=
+_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING_REPO=file://$HOME/spack-test/dummy_repo/release_root.git
 
 # bootstrap environment variables 
 # (using [bash process substitution](https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/process-sub.html))