diff --git a/products/template/build_scripts/export.py b/products/template/build_scripts/export.py
index 58cfb78c69..eb9e93776c 100644
--- a/products/template/build_scripts/export.py
+++ b/products/template/build_scripts/export.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import shutil
 
+from dcpy.configuration import PRODUCT_METADATA_REPO_PATH
 from dcpy.utils.logging import logger
 from dcpy.models.product.metadata import OrgMetadata
 from dcpy.connectors.github import clone_repo
@@ -27,8 +28,7 @@
 def generate_data_dictionaries():
     dataset_metadata_path = PRODUCT_PATH / "data_dictionary.yml"
 
-    org_metadata_path = clone_repo("product-metadata", PRODUCT_PATH)
-    org_metadata = OrgMetadata.from_path(org_metadata_path)
+    org_metadata = OrgMetadata.from_path(PRODUCT_METADATA_REPO_PATH)
 
     metadata = org_metadata.product("template_db").dataset("template_db")
     metadata.write_to_yaml(dataset_metadata_path)