diff --git a/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.sh b/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.sh
index fa91c64fb4bcd6c28e3a744814dfa06c8ed6052f..821e718370a28dbfbf9d10c313db56e1bf548bc7 100644
--- a/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.sh
+++ b/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ else
     if [ "$data_path" != ""  -a  -d ${data_path}DATA ]; then
         LOFARDATAROOT=${data_path}DATA
         export LOFARDATAROOT
+    else
+        LOFARDATAROOT=/opt/lofar/data
+        export LOFARDATAROOT
     fi
 fi