diff --git a/csst_common/data_manager.py b/csst_common/data_manager.py
index 2359a53e64d5e9b261ee6f8f1aed0c6a263880a2..ba16bf23f42afc9dc550c3f4cc8fb91d5053a32a 100644
--- a/csst_common/data_manager.py
+++ b/csst_common/data_manager.py
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
         # DFS APIs
         # self.l1api = Level1DataApi()
 
+        # aXe
+        self.dir_bin = "/nfsdata/users/csstpipeline/L1Pipeline/bin"
+
     @property
     def dfs_node(self):
         return self._dfs_node