diff --git a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 874e1183e341a899d41c4b101bfa16a84cf1e7a7..e8cf63b2064172f76bf786b2c4c0fa70eab3f51e
--- a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
+++ b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ plugins:
 sources:
   dkrz_cmip5_archive:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_cmip5_archive.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_cmip5_archive.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - project
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_cmip5_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_cmip5_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_cmip5_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - project
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_cmip6_cloud:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_cmip6_cloud.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_cmip6_cloud.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - project
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_cmip6_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_cmip6_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_cmip6_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - project
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_cordex_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_cordex_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_cordex_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - project
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_dyamond-winter_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_dyamond-winter_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_dyamond-winter_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols: &id001
         - project
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_eerie:
     args:
-      path: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_eerie.yaml'
+      path: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_eerie.yaml'
     description: EERIE Data at DKRZ
     driver: yaml_file_cat
   dkrz_era5_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_era5_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_era5_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - project
@@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_monsoon_disk:
     args:
-      path: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_monsoon_disk.yaml'
+      path: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_monsoon_disk.yaml'
     description: Monsoon 2.0
     driver: yaml_file_cat
   dkrz_mpige_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_mpige_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_mpige_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - product_id
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_nextgems_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_nextgems_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_nextgems_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols: *id001
     description: Default catalog for ICON-ESM experiments by MPIMet
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ sources:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
   dkrz_palmod2_disk:
     args:
-      obj: '{{CATALOG_DIR}}/dkrz_palmod2_disk.json'
+      obj: 'https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/intake-esm/-/raw/master/esm-collections/cloud-access//dkrz_palmod2_disk.json'
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols:
         - project