diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 75fcaaa8de572e8511b56af8a026b8057bc99caa..4231942490b2aa1e140a6e1fa453ada9a9e52d1e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ default.nomad_lab {
     rootNamespace = "${user}-default"
   }
 }
+
 flink.nomad_lab {
   h5LockOnRead = false
   toNormalize.archiveSet.baseDirectory = "${normalizedRoot}/newProductionH5"
@@ -238,16 +239,19 @@ flink.nomad_lab {
     pidEndpoint = "http://staging-nomad.esc.rzg.mpg.de:8111/repo/utility/pids?gid=\"${archiveGid}\""
   }
 }
+
 production.nomad_lab {
   replacements {
     rootNamespace = "production"
   }
 }
+
 test.nomad_lab {
   replacements {
     rootNamespace = "test"
   }
 }
+
 localDir.nomad_lab {
   replacements {
     rootNamespace = "${user}-local"
@@ -265,6 +269,7 @@ localDir.nomad_lab {
     numberOfWorkers = 1
   }
 }
+
 local.nomad_lab {
   replacements {
     rootNamespace = "${user}-local"
@@ -357,6 +362,14 @@ staging.nomad_lab {
   }
 }
 kubernetes_prod.nomad_lab {
+  h5LockOnRead = false
+  replacements {
+    rootNamespace = "prod-${coreVersion}"
+  }
+  toNormalize.archiveSet.baseDirectory = "${normalizedRoot}/${rootNamespace}"
+  calculation_info_normalizer {
+    pidEndpoint = "http://staging-nomad.esc.rzg.mpg.de:8111/repo/utility/pids?gid=\"${archiveGid}\""
+  }
   elastic{
     clientUri = "elasticsearch://nomad-flink-02.esc:9200"
     indexNameData = "archive"
@@ -376,6 +389,12 @@ kubernetes_prod.nomad_lab {
       clientUri = "elasticsearch://localhost:9200"
     }
   }
+  roots {
+    baseTmpDir = "/tmp"
+    parsedRoot = "/nomad/nomadlab/parsed"
+    rawDataRoot = "/nomad/nomadlab/raw-data"
+    normalizedRoot = "/nomad/nomadlab/normalized"
+  }
 }
 //only used to expose the simpleStats API call while we need to keep the old version running
 kubernetes_prod_dev_archive.nomad_lab {