diff --git a/csst_common/data_manager.py b/csst_common/data_manager.py
index c7356e8cbb2bf0d939dcb19367aa6c7a0085f529..3d3f49d1a165e92635e27066a5bb9970406ac03b 100644
--- a/csst_common/data_manager.py
+++ b/csst_common/data_manager.py
@@ -187,14 +187,16 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
         # self.l1api = Level1DataApi()
 
         # aXe
-        self.dir_bin = "/nfsdata/users/csstpipeline/L1Pipeline/bin"
+        self.set_env()
 
     def set_env(self):
         """ set environment variables """
         if os.uname()[1] == "dandelion":
-            os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = "/nfsdata/users/csstpipeline/L1Pipeline/bin/axe"
+            os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = "/home/csstpipeline/anaconda3/lib"
+            os.environ["AXE_BINDIR"] = "/home/csstpipeline/PycharmProjects/axe/cextern/src"
         else:
             os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = ""
+            os.environ["AXE_BINDIR"] = ""
 
     @property
     def dfs_node(self):