diff --git a/distro/scripts/adl_cots.sh b/distro/scripts/adl_cots.sh
index f7cb36fc0d358ed320f675bdc4c605c8100c50f7..ec109523d96d7a8d61d4780747b741434d02a9ae 100755
--- a/distro/scripts/adl_cots.sh
+++ b/distro/scripts/adl_cots.sh
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ adl()
     ls ${COTSBASE}  && \
     echo "ADL_HOME"  ${ADL_HOME}  && \
     ls ${ADL_HOME}  && \
+    export USER="cspp" && \
     export ADL_INSTALL=${ADL_HOME}  && \
     #ln -s  /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local//bin/python3 && \
     cd ${ADL_HOME} && \