diff --git a/CalibPPS/ESProducers/test/script_test_many_writeTotemDAQMapping.py b/CalibPPS/ESProducers/test/script_test_many_writeTotemDAQMapping.py
index 23008c3633dcb..c96ed34bf1107 100644
--- a/CalibPPS/ESProducers/test/script_test_many_writeTotemDAQMapping.py
+++ b/CalibPPS/ESProducers/test/script_test_many_writeTotemDAQMapping.py
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
   
 
 # For each file change the variable values in the config so that they match the selected XML file and then run the config
+test_script = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),'test_writeTotemDAQMapping.py')
 for fileContent in filesToRead:
     for fileInfo in fileContent["configuration"]:
-        with open(f'{os.environ["CMSSW_BASE"]}/src/CalibPPS/ESProducers/test/test_writeTotemDAQMapping.py', 'r+') as f:        
+        with open(test_script, 'r+') as f:
             content = f.read()
             # replace values specific for selected detector
             content = re.sub(r'subSystemName =.*', f'subSystemName = "{fileContent["subSystemName"]}"', content)
diff --git a/CondTools/CTPPS/test/test_XML_to_SQLite_mapping.sh b/CondTools/CTPPS/test/test_XML_to_SQLite_mapping.sh
index 961f93e663d76..30389bbe794d8 100755
--- a/CondTools/CTPPS/test/test_XML_to_SQLite_mapping.sh
+++ b/CondTools/CTPPS/test/test_XML_to_SQLite_mapping.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DET_TO_CHECK=("TotemTiming" "TimingDiamond" "TrackingStrip" "TotemT2")
 MASK_DATA="AnalysisMask"
 TEST_DIR=$CMSSW_BASE/src/CondTools/CTPPS/test
 PRINTER_SCRIPT=$CMSSW_BASE/src/CalibPPS/ESProducers/test/script_test_many_writeTotemDAQMapping.py
+[ -e ${PRINTER_SCRIPT} ] || PRINTER_SCRIPT=$CMSSW_RELEASE_BASE/src/CalibPPS/ESProducers/test/script_test_many_writeTotemDAQMapping.py
 
 # ---------------
 python3 ${TEST_DIR}/script-ctpps-write-many-XML-to-SQLite.py False "${DET_TO_CHECK[@]}" || die 'Failed in script-ctpps-write-many-XML-to-SQLite.py' $?
@@ -38,4 +39,4 @@ done
 rm all__db.txt all__xml.txt
 rm CTPPS_AnalysisMask.db
 
-echo "Cleaned after tests"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Cleaned after tests"