diff --git a/bot/build.sh b/bot/build.sh
index 248eac634f..acb403487a 100755
--- a/bot/build.sh
+++ b/bot/build.sh
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ fi
 
 
 echo "Executing command to build software:"
-echo "${HOME}/easybuild/cit-hpc-easybuild/jobscripts/habrok/build_container_bot.sh --outdir /scratch/public/software-tarballs -- eb ${BUILD_STEP_ARGS[@]}  2>&1 | tee -a ${build_outerr}"
-${HOME}/easybuild/cit-hpc-easybuild/jobscripts/habrok/build_container_bot.sh --outdir /scratch/public/software-tarballs -- eb ${BUILD_STEP_ARGS[@]} 2>&1 | tee -a ${build_outerr}
+echo "${HOME}/easybuild/cit-hpc-easybuild/jobscripts/habrok/build_container_bot.sh -o /scratch/public/software-tarballs -- eb ${BUILD_STEP_ARGS[@]}  2>&1 | tee -a ${build_outerr}"
+${HOME}/easybuild/cit-hpc-easybuild/jobscripts/habrok/build_container_bot.sh -o /scratch/public/software-tarballs -- eb ${BUILD_STEP_ARGS[@]} 2>&1 | tee -a ${build_outerr}
 
 # # prepare directory to store tarball of tmp for tarball step
 # TARBALL_TMP_TARBALL_STEP_DIR=${PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR}/tarball_step