diff --git a/oam/cloud/MCSgetCredentials.sh b/oam/cloud/MCSgetCredentials.sh
index 2454529b6..ff1cd15ef 100644
--- a/oam/cloud/MCSgetCredentials.sh
+++ b/oam/cloud/MCSgetCredentials.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Get Amazon EC2 security-credentials, access and secret access keys
 #
+prefix=/usr/local
+
 #first check for local versions, then meta-data versions
 if [ -f $HOME/.aws/credentials ]; then
 	exit 0