diff --git a/fix/link_fixdirs.sh b/fix/link_fixdirs.sh
index e851bfb60..413d85d42 100755
--- a/fix/link_fixdirs.sh
+++ b/fix/link_fixdirs.sh
@@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ pwd=$(pwd -P)
 #--model fix fields
 #------------------------------
 if [ $machine = "hera" ]; then
-    FIX_DIR="/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/fix"
+    FIX_DIR="/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/fix_NEW"
 elif [ $machine = "jet" ]; then
-    FIX_DIR="/lfs4/HFIP/hfv3gfs/glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix"
+    FIX_DIR="/lfs4/HFIP/hfv3gfs/glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix_NEW"
 elif [ $machine = "orion" ]; then
-    FIX_DIR="/work/noaa/global/glopara/fix"
+    FIX_DIR="/work/noaa/global/glopara/fix_NEW"
 elif [ $machine = "wcoss2" ]; then
-    FIX_DIR="/lfs/h2/emc/global/noscrub/kate.friedman/glopara/FIX/fix"
+    FIX_DIR="/lfs/h2/emc/global/save/emc.global/FIX/fix_NEW"
 elif [ $machine = "s4" ]; then
     FIX_DIR="/data/prod/glopara/fix"
 fi
 
-for dir in fix_am fix_fv3 fix_orog fix_fv3_gmted2010 fix_sfc_climo; do
+for dir in fix_am fix_orog fix_fv3_gmted2010 fix_sfc_climo fix_fv3_fracoro; do
     if [ -d $dir ]; then
       [[ $RUN_ENVIR = nco ]] && chmod -R 755 $dir
       rm -rf $dir
diff --git a/ush/fv3gfs_driver_grid.sh b/ush/fv3gfs_driver_grid.sh
index 00cdd201c..8e1250206 100755
--- a/ush/fv3gfs_driver_grid.sh
+++ b/ush/fv3gfs_driver_grid.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ export home_dir=${home_dir:-"$PWD/../"}
 export script_dir=$home_dir/ush
 export exec_dir=${exec_dir:-"$home_dir/exec"}
 export topo=$home_dir/fix/fix_orog
-export topo_am=$home_dir/fix/fix_am
 
 export NCDUMP=${NCDUMP:-ncdump}
 
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ if [ $gtype = uniform ] || [ $gtype = stretch ] || [ $gtype = nest ];  then
       echo 
       set -x
       export halo_tmp="-999"  # no halo
-      $script_dir/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh $res $tile $halo_tmp $grid_dir $orog_dir $topo_am
+      $script_dir/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh $res $tile $halo_tmp $grid_dir $orog_dir $topo
       err=$?
       if [ $err != 0 ]; then
         exit $err
@@ -457,7 +456,7 @@ elif [ $gtype = regional_gfdl ] || [ $gtype = regional_esg ]; then
     echo "............ Execute fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh for tile $tile .................."
     echo
     set -x
-    $script_dir/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh $res $tile $halo_tmp $grid_dir $orog_dir $topo_am
+    $script_dir/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh $res $tile $halo_tmp $grid_dir $orog_dir $topo
     err=$?
     if [ $err != 0 ]; then
       exit $err
diff --git a/ush/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh b/ush/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh
index 40dfee059..201aefbd5 100755
--- a/ush/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh
+++ b/ush/fv3gfs_make_orog_gsl.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tile=$2
 halo=$3
 griddir=$4
 outdir=$5
-topo_am=$6
+topo=$6
 workdir=$TEMP_DIR/C${res}/orog/tile$tile
 
 
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ fi
 cd $workdir
 
 ln -sf ${griddir}/$OUTGRID .
-ln -sf ${topo_am}/"HGT.Beljaars_filtered.lat-lon.30s_res.nc" .
-ln -sf ${topo_am}/"geo_em.d01.lat-lon.2.5m.HGT_M.nc" .
+ln -sf ${topo}/"HGT.Beljaars_filtered.lat-lon.30s_res.nc" .
+ln -sf ${topo}/"geo_em.d01.lat-lon.2.5m.HGT_M.nc" .
 
 cp $executable .