diff --git a/import-automation/executor/app/configs.py b/import-automation/executor/app/configs.py
index ee2ebdf3d..62a6bfb60 100644
--- a/import-automation/executor/app/configs.py
+++ b/import-automation/executor/app/configs.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class ExecutorConfig:
     requirements_filename: str = 'requirements.txt'
     # ID of the location where Cloud Scheduler is hosted.
     scheduler_location: str = 'us-central1'
+    # Location of the local git data repo.
+    local_repo_dir: str = '/workspace/data'
     # Maximum time a user script can run for in seconds.
     user_script_timeout: float = 3600
     # Arguments for the user script
diff --git a/import-automation/executor/app/executor/import_executor.py b/import-automation/executor/app/executor/import_executor.py
index 8396f9546..5eb5da7e5 100644
--- a/import-automation/executor/app/executor/import_executor.py
+++ b/import-automation/executor/app/executor/import_executor.py
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ def _execute_imports_on_commit_helper(
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
             repo_dir = self.github.download_repo(
                 tmpdir, commit_sha, self.config.repo_download_timeout)
-
             logging.info(f'Downloaded repo: {repo_dir}')
 
             imports_to_execute = import_target.find_imports_to_execute(
diff --git a/import-automation/executor/main.py b/import-automation/executor/main.py
index b64a0182b..580174882 100644
--- a/import-automation/executor/main.py
+++ b/import-automation/executor/main.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def scheduled_updates(absolute_import_name: str, import_config: str):
             auth_access_token=config.github_auth_access_token),
         config=config,
         notifier=email_notifier.EmailNotifier(config.email_account,
-                                              config.email_token))
+                                              config.email_token),
+        local_repo_dir=config.local_repo_dir)
     result = executor.execute_imports_on_update(absolute_import_name)
     logging.info(result)
     if result.status == 'failed':