diff --git a/benchmarks/backgrounds/Snakefile b/benchmarks/backgrounds/Snakefile
index d3c8e24d..7334da41 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backgrounds/Snakefile
+++ b/benchmarks/backgrounds/Snakefile
@@ -2,44 +2,13 @@ import os
 import shutil
 
 
-rule backgrounds_get_beam_gas_electron:
-    input:
-        provider.remote(remote_path("EPIC/EVGEN/BACKGROUNDS/BEAMGAS/electron/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0/10GeV/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0_ElectronBeamGas_10GeV_foam_emin10keV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root")),
-    output:
-        temp("input/backgrounds/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0_ElectronBeamGas_10GeV_foam_emin10keV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root"),
-    run:
-        shutil.move(input[0], output[0])
-
-
-rule backgrounds_get_beam_gas_proton:
-    input:
-        provider.remote(remote_path("EPIC/EVGEN/BACKGROUNDS/BEAMGAS/proton/pythia8.306-1.0/100GeV/pythia8.306-1.0_ProtonBeamGas_100GeV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root")),
-    output:
-        temp("input/backgrounds/pythia8.306-1.0_ProtonBeamGas_100GeV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root"),
-    run:
-        shutil.move(input[0], output[0])
-
-
-rule backgrounds_get_DIS:
-    input:
-        provider.remote(remote_path("EPIC/EVGEN/DIS/NC/{BEAM}/minQ2={MINQ2}/pythia8NCDIS_{BEAM}_minQ2={MINQ2}_{SUFFIX}.hepmc3.tree.root")),
-    wildcard_constraints:
-        BEAM="\d+x\d+",
-        MINQ2="\d+",
-    output:
-        temp("input/backgrounds/pythia8NCDIS_{BEAM}_minQ2={MINQ2}_{SUFFIX}.hepmc3.tree.root"),
-    run:
-        shutil.move(input[0], output[0])
-
-
 rule backgrounds_sim:
     input:
-        hepmc="input/backgrounds/{NAME}.hepmc3.tree.root",
         warmup="warmup/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}.edm4hep.root",
     output:
-        "sim_output/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}/backgrounds/{NAME}.edm4hep.root",
+        "sim_output/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}/backgrounds/{PATH}.edm4hep.root",
     log:
-        "sim_output/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}/backgrounds/{NAME}.edm4hep.root.log",
+        "sim_output/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}/backgrounds/{PATH}.edm4hep.root.log",
     params:
         N_EVENTS=100
     shell:
@@ -51,7 +20,7 @@ ddsim \
   -v WARNING \
   --numberOfEvents {params.N_EVENTS} \
   --compactFile $DETECTOR_PATH/{wildcards.DETECTOR_CONFIG}.xml \
-  --inputFiles {input.hepmc} \
+  --inputFiles root://dtn-eic.jlab.org//work/eic2/{wildcards.PATH}.hepmc3.tree.root \
   --outputFile {output}
 """
 
@@ -62,11 +31,9 @@ rule backgrounds_ecal_backwards:
     input:
         matplotlibrc=".matplotlibrc",
         script="benchmarks/backgrounds/ecal_backwards.py",
-        electron_beam_gas_gen="input/backgrounds/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0_ElectronBeamGas_10GeV_foam_emin10keV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root",
-        electron_beam_gas_sim="sim_output/" + DETECTOR_CONFIG + "/backgrounds/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0_ElectronBeamGas_10GeV_foam_emin10keV_run001.edm4hep.root",
-        physics_signal_sim="sim_output/" + DETECTOR_CONFIG + "/backgrounds/pythia8NCDIS_10x100_minQ2=1_beamEffects_xAngle=-0.025_hiDiv_1.edm4hep.root",
-        proton_beam_gas_gen="input/backgrounds/pythia8.306-1.0_ProtonBeamGas_100GeV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root",
-        proton_beam_gas_sim="sim_output/" + DETECTOR_CONFIG + "/backgrounds/pythia8.306-1.0_ProtonBeamGas_100GeV_run001.edm4hep.root",
+        electron_beam_gas_sim="sim_output/" + DETECTOR_CONFIG + "/backgrounds/EPIC/EVGEN/BACKGROUNDS/BEAMGAS/electron/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0/10GeV/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0_ElectronBeamGas_10GeV_foam_emin10keV_run001.edm4hep.root",
+        physics_signal_sim="sim_output/" + DETECTOR_CONFIG + "/backgrounds/EPIC/EVGEN/DIS/NC/10x100/minQ2=1/pythia8NCDIS_10x100_minQ2=1_beamEffects_xAngle=-0.025_hiDiv_1.edm4hep.root",
+        proton_beam_gas_sim="sim_output/" + DETECTOR_CONFIG + "/backgrounds/EPIC/EVGEN/BACKGROUNDS/BEAMGAS/proton/pythia8.306-1.0/100GeV/pythia8.306-1.0_ProtonBeamGas_100GeV_run001.edm4hep.root",
     output:
         directory("results/backgrounds/backwards_ecal")
     threads: workflow.cores
@@ -87,10 +54,10 @@ dask worker tcp://$DASK_SCHEDULER --nworkers {threads} --nthreads 1 &
 WORKER_PID=$!
 env \
 MATPLOTLIBRC={input.matplotlibrc} \
-ELECTRON_BEAM_GAS_GEN=$(realpath {input.electron_beam_gas_gen}) \
+ELECTRON_BEAM_GAS_GEN=root://dtn-eic.jlab.org//work/eic2/EPIC/EVGEN/BACKGROUNDS/BEAMGAS/electron/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0/10GeV/GETaLM1.0.0-1.0_ElectronBeamGas_10GeV_foam_emin10keV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root \
 ELECTRON_BEAM_GAS_SIM=$(realpath {input.electron_beam_gas_sim}) \
 PHYSICS_PROCESS_SIM=$(realpath {input.physics_signal_sim}) \
-PROTON_BEAM_GAS_GEN=$(realpath {input.proton_beam_gas_gen}) \
+PROTON_BEAM_GAS_GEN=root://dtn-eic.jlab.org//work/eic2/EPIC/EVGEN/BACKGROUNDS/BEAMGAS/proton/pythia8.306-1.0/100GeV/pythia8.306-1.0_ProtonBeamGas_100GeV_run001.hepmc3.tree.root \
 PROTON_BEAM_GAS_SIM=$(realpath {input.proton_beam_gas_sim}) \
 OUTPUT_DIR={output} \
 python {input.script}