diff --git a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
index 4bf816971cd16047eb3f7294d868d597111c7d26..b4fb1d5fefc449e16b90f6b4a043925dc5675188 100755
--- a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
+++ b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ sources:
         - uri
         - format
         - jblob_file
-      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"
     description: This is an ESM collection for CMIP5 data accessible on the DKRZ's
       cera archive
     driver:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ sources:
         - temporal_subset
         - uri
         - format
-      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"
     description: This is an ESM collection for CMIP5 data accessible on the DKRZ's
       Lustre disk storage system in /work/kd0956/CMIP5/data/cmip5/
     driver:
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ sources:
         - version
         - uri
         - format
-      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"
     description: This is an ESM collection for CMIP6 data accessible on DKRZ's swift
       cloud store
     driver:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ sources:
         - time_range
         - uri
         - format
-      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"
     description: This is a ESM-collection for CMIP6 data on DKRZ's disk storage system
     driver:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ sources:
         - time_range
         - uri
         - format
-      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"
     description: 'This is an ESM collection for CORDEX data accessible on the DKRZ''s
       disk storage system '
     driver:
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ sources:
         - format
         - uri
         - variable_id
-      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"
     description: Default catalog for ICON-ESM experiments by MPIMet
     driver:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ sources:
         - initialization_date
         - uri
         - format
-      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"
     description: This is an ESM collection for ERA5 data accessible on the DKRZ's
       disk storage system in /work/bk1099/data/
     driver:
     - 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:
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ sources:
         - version
         - uri
         - format
-      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"
     description: This is an ESM collection for the Max Planck Institute Grand Ensemble
       (Maher et al. 2019 https://doi.org/10/gf3kgt) cmorized by CMIP5-standards accessible
       on the DKRZ's Levante disk storage system in /work/mh1007/CMOR/MPI-GE
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ sources:
     args:
       read_csv_kwargs:
         usecols: *id001
-      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"
     description: Default catalog for ICON-ESM experiments by MPIMet
     driver:
     - intake.open_esm_datastore
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ sources:
         - format
         - time_range
         - uri
-      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"
     description: This is a ESM-collection for Palmod2 data on DKRZ's disk storage
       system
     driver: