diff --git a/parm/config/config.vrfy b/parm/config/config.vrfy
index 4293e733f7..7347df8a34 100755
--- a/parm/config/config.vrfy
+++ b/parm/config/config.vrfy
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export RUNMOS="NO"                # whether to run entire MOS package
 
 if [ $VRFYFITS = "YES" ]; then
 
-    export fit_ver="newm.1.1"
+    export fit_ver="newm.1.2"
     export fitdir="$BASE_GIT/verif/global/Fit2Obs/${fit_ver}/batrun"
     export PRVT=$HOMEgfs/fix/fix_gsi/prepobs_errtable.global
     export HYBLEVS=$HOMEgfs/fix/fix_am/global_hyblev.l${LEVS}.txt
diff --git a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py
index afd3b02830..2496ef9dc3 100755
--- a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py
+++ b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def edit_baseconfig():
       base_svn = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/svn'
       dmpdir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/dump'
       nwprod = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/nwpara'
-      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com'
+      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/com'
       homedir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/$USER'
       stmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp2/$USER'
       ptmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp4/$USER'
diff --git a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py
index 8a7ffb58dc..3a57a07bea 100755
--- a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py
+++ b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def edit_baseconfig():
       base_svn = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/svn'
       dmpdir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/dump'
       nwprod = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/nwpara'
-      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com'
+      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/com'
       homedir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/$USER'
       stmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp2/$USER'
       ptmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp4/$USER'