diff --git a/roles/cifmw_setup/tasks/deploy_architecture.yml b/roles/cifmw_setup/tasks/deploy_architecture.yml
index 7bce8976f3..2ef8e3956b 100644
--- a/roles/cifmw_setup/tasks/deploy_architecture.yml
+++ b/roles/cifmw_setup/tasks/deploy_architecture.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     cifmw_architecture_automation_file: >-
       {{
         (
-          cifmw_architecture_repo,
+          cifmw_architecture_repo | default(ansible_user_dir + '/src/github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/architecture'),
           'automation/vars',
           cifmw_architecture_scenario~'.yaml'
         ) | ansible.builtin.path_join