diff --git a/src/build_compile_cleocoupledsdm.sh b/src/build_compile_cleocoupledsdm.sh
index b09a0f40..3fea064e 100755
--- a/src/build_compile_cleocoupledsdm.sh
+++ b/src/build_compile_cleocoupledsdm.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 spack load cmake@3.23.1%gcc
 
 buildtype=$1
-executable="cleocoupledsdm"
 path2CLEO=${HOME}/CLEO/
 path2build=$2 # get from command line argument
+executable="cleocoupledsdm"
 
 if [ "${path2build}" == "" ]
 then
diff --git a/src/compile_run_cleocoupledsdm.sh b/src/compile_run_cleocoupledsdm.sh
index acd80260..f8860873 100755
--- a/src/compile_run_cleocoupledsdm.sh
+++ b/src/compile_run_cleocoupledsdm.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 ### ------------------ input parameters ---------------- ###
 ### ----- You need to edit these lines to specify ------ ###
 ### ------ (your environment and) directory paths ------ ###
-executable="cleocoupledsdm"
 path2CLEO=${HOME}/CLEO/
 path2build=$1 # get from command line argument
+executable="cleocoupledsdm"
 configfile=${HOME}/CLEO/src/config/config.txt
 
 if [ "${path2build}" == "" ]