diff --git a/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh b/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh
index 5e566b3..3f0a4f2 100755
--- a/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh
+++ b/hlrs-plumbing/scripts/xx_create_release_env.sh
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_RELEASE_VERSION__USER=$(canonize_tag $arg_tag)
 HLRS_OPT_PREFIX__USER=$(create_dir $arg_prefix)
 
 # Define various repo locations
-_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING_REPO=file://$HOME/spack-test/dummy_repo/release_root.git
+_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING=$(dirname $(dirname $0))
 
 # bootstrap environment variables 
-# (using [bash process substitution](https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/process-sub.html))
-source <(curl $_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING_REPO/hlrs-plumbing/envs/00_base_prefix.env)
-source <(curl $_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING_REPO/hlrs-plumbing/envs/01_release_root.env)
-source <(curl $_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING_REPO/hlrs-plumbing/envs/02_hlrs_spack_root.env)
+source $_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING/envs/00_base_prefix.env
+source $_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING/envs/01_release_root.env
+source $_HLRS_SPACK_PLUMBING/envs/02_hlrs_spack_root.env
 
 # destination for output script
 destination=$HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_RELEASE_ROOT/setup-release-variables.env
@@ -74,3 +73,7 @@ echo "export HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_HLRS_SPACK_ROOT=${HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_HLRS_SPAC
 echo "export HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_SPACK_INSTALL_TREE=${HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_SPACK_INSTALL_TREE}" >> $destination
 echo "export HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_RELEASE_VERSION=${HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_RELEASE_VERSION}" >> $destination
 echo "export HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_RELEASE_ROOT=${HLRS_SOFTWARE_STACK_RELEASE_ROOT}" >> $destination
+
+# report back to user
+echo "### Done"
+echo "### $destination"
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