diff --git a/airflow/docker/cwl/docker_cwl_entrypoint.sh b/airflow/docker/cwl/docker_cwl_entrypoint.sh
index 22ab80a0..2d4df3c9 100755
--- a/airflow/docker/cwl/docker_cwl_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/airflow/docker/cwl/docker_cwl_entrypoint.sh
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ mkdir -p "$WORKING_DIR"
 cd $WORKING_DIR
 
 # create root directory for Docker engine
-mkdir -p "$WORKING_DIR/docker"
-ls -l /var/lib/docker
-mkdir -p "/var/lib/docker2"
-ls -l /var/lib/docker2
+mkdir -p /scratch/docker
+ls -l /scratch/docker
+#mkdir -p "/var/lib/docker2"
+#ls -l /var/lib/docker2
 
 # switch between the 2 cases a) and b) for job_args
 # remove arguments from previous tasks
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ echo "Executing the CWL workflow: $cwl_workflow with json arguments: $job_args a
 echo "JSON XCOM output: ${json_output}"
 
 # Start Docker engine
-dockerd --data-root /var/lib/docker2 &> dockerd-logfile &
+dockerd --data-root /scratch/docker &> dockerd-logfile &
 
 # Wait until Docker engine is running
 # Loop until 'docker version' exits with 0.