diff --git a/bb2etp.py b/bb2etp.py
index 2c6781aa8f1bb18fc540ebe57e31fed0b24065d5..d54f0e9e37521016a6a20da65aaccd263b8d0e16 100644
--- a/bb2etp.py
+++ b/bb2etp.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class BeambackgroundMetadata:
         '''
         assert self.on_etp, "Executions does not seem to be on ETP. Ceph paths are not accessible."
         assert self.ceph_path is not None, "ceph_paths is None. Please set the paths."
-        assert (os.path.exists(self.ceph_path) and os.path.isdir(self.ceph_path)), f"The path '{self.ceph_path}' does not exist or is not a directory."
+        #assert (os.path.exists(self.ceph_path) and os.path.isdir(self.ceph_path)), f"The path '{self.ceph_path}' does not exist or is not a directory."
         assert self.has_certificate, "No certificate found. Please set X509_USER_PROXY."
         from XRootD import client
         client = client.FileSystem(self.gridka_server)