diff --git a/releng.control/whatisfixed.properties b/releng.control/whatisfixed.properties
index 00b74641800330993de67f5b0acf9b7cb487a103..69a3e9475bc485af671827f4e0122ae91243d0e3 100644
--- a/releng.control/whatisfixed.properties
+++ b/releng.control/whatisfixed.properties
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ buildBranch=R1.5
 wtp.cvsTag=R1_5_maintenance
 buildType=R
 
-
-whatisfixed.workdir=./tmp-wif
+# added build.home and codir to be more like other
+# scripts, and, do keep "working directory" out of releng.control directory
+build.home=/shared/webtools/
+codir=${build.home}/build-node/checkout/
+whatisfixed.workdir=${codir}/tmp-wif
 
 mapCvsRoot=:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/webtools
 whatisfixed.dir=${whatisfixed.workdir}/results/whatisfixed