diff --git a/qtp_job_output_folder/summary.py b/qtp_job_output_folder/summary.py
index 28a4e84..c9489a2 100644
--- a/qtp_job_output_folder/summary.py
+++ b/qtp_job_output_folder/summary.py
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ def generate_html_summary(qclient, job_id, parameters, out_dir):
     artifact_info = qclient.get(qclient_url)
 
     # [0] there is only one directory
-    folder = qclient.fetch_file_from_central(
-        artifact_info['files']['directory'][0]['filepath'])
+    folder = artifact_info['files']['directory'][0]['filepath']
 
     # 2. Generate summary
     index_fp, viz_fp = _generate_html_summary(job_id, folder, out_dir)
diff --git a/qtp_job_output_folder/validate.py b/qtp_job_output_folder/validate.py
index b2d7b73..cc6678c 100644
--- a/qtp_job_output_folder/validate.py
+++ b/qtp_job_output_folder/validate.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def validate(qclient, job_id, parameters, out_dir):
 
     files = loads(parameters['files'])
     # [0] we only expect one directory
-    folder = qclient.fetch_file_from_central(files['directory'][0])
+    folder = files['directory'][0]
 
     success = False
     ainfo = None