diff --git a/base/job.yml b/base/job.yml
index f27e15bd6f23ce2569308e77b2749148aa451541..3cae119c26218074bc75542d431b80837b98ffc2 100644
--- a/base/job.yml
+++ b/base/job.yml
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /.cache
         - name: data
           mountPath: /streamflow/results
-          subPathExpr: $(JOB_ID)/output
+          subPath: JOB_ID/output
         - name: data
           mountPath: /streamflow/project/input
-          subPathExpr: $(JOB_ID)/input
+          subPath: JOB_ID/input
           readOnly: true
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/compile-java/1/kustomization.yml b/compile-java/1/kustomization.yml
index acc3053f104df638f1a0a3e0b17b1831e5b898b7..28853b692d0ca421cdd378333f7baab1ffe360e2 100644
--- a/compile-java/1/kustomization.yml
+++ b/compile-java/1/kustomization.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,20 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - streamflow.yml
   envs:
   - env
+
+replacements:
+# NOTE this is a workaround for K8s<1.17 that dont support subPathExpr
+- source:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    name: streamflow-config
+    fieldPath: data.JOB_ID
+  targets:
+  - select:
+      kind: Job
+      name: streamflow
+    fieldPaths:
+    - 'spec.template.spec.containers.[name=streamflow].volumeMounts.[name=data].subPath'
+    options:
+      index: 0
+      delimiter: '/'
+      create: true
diff --git a/compile-java/2/kustomization.yml b/compile-java/2/kustomization.yml
index e816221ad9e47fdf9b71d35c8dae358ee536c624..6e7096e3fb70c46e0bbec23efdb4bc6aa4601a2a 100644
--- a/compile-java/2/kustomization.yml
+++ b/compile-java/2/kustomization.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,21 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - streamflow.yml
   envs:
   - env
+
+replacements:
+# NOTE this is a workaround for K8s<1.17 that dont support subPathExpr
+- source:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    name: streamflow-config
+    fieldPath: data.JOB_ID
+  targets:
+  - select:
+      kind: Job
+      name: streamflow
+    fieldPaths:
+    - 'spec.template.spec.containers.[name=streamflow].volumeMounts.[name=data].subPath'
+    options:
+      index: 0
+      delimiter: '/'
+      create: true
+
diff --git a/echo/1/kustomization.yml b/echo/1/kustomization.yml
index 814642dac7984311cdc509df3591afcabe850601..a17679b9fc7612eeb06cf45484c6449c00a8faed 100644
--- a/echo/1/kustomization.yml
+++ b/echo/1/kustomization.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,20 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - streamflow.yml
   envs:
   - env
+
+replacements:
+# NOTE this is a workaround for K8s<1.17 that dont support subPathExpr
+- source:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    name: streamflow-config
+    fieldPath: data.JOB_ID
+  targets:
+  - select:
+      kind: Job
+      name: streamflow
+    fieldPaths:
+    - 'spec.template.spec.containers.[name=streamflow].volumeMounts.[name=data].subPath'
+    options:
+      index: 0
+      delimiter: '/'
+      create: true
diff --git a/echo/2/kustomization.yml b/echo/2/kustomization.yml
index 5d15cfb1f07e1926706f417375f8a5c7a8cabd1a..3a3a9b2a9178a32bea5261e9395e5d3a1be2fe16 100644
--- a/echo/2/kustomization.yml
+++ b/echo/2/kustomization.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,20 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - streamflow.yml
   envs:
   - env
+
+replacements:
+# NOTE this is a workaround for K8s<1.17 that dont support subPathExpr
+- source:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    name: streamflow-config
+    fieldPath: data.JOB_ID
+  targets:
+  - select:
+      kind: Job
+      name: streamflow
+    fieldPaths:
+    - 'spec.template.spec.containers.[name=streamflow].volumeMounts.[name=data].subPath'
+    options:
+      index: 0
+      delimiter: '/'
+      create: true
diff --git a/echo/3/kustomization.yml b/echo/3/kustomization.yml
index 2ef008045aace5780a2d54a0ffd44ee16250e6f6..ef045d9dbe8191304ac0c4596d2d46ec72181d8d 100644
--- a/echo/3/kustomization.yml
+++ b/echo/3/kustomization.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,21 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - streamflow.yml
   envs:
   - env
+
+replacements:
+# NOTE this is a workaround for K8s<1.17 that dont support subPathExpr
+- source:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    name: streamflow-config
+    fieldPath: data.JOB_ID
+  targets:
+  - select:
+      kind: Job
+      name: streamflow
+    fieldPaths:
+    - 'spec.template.spec.containers.[name=streamflow].volumeMounts.[name=data].subPath'
+    options:
+      index: 0
+      delimiter: '/'
+      create: true
+  
diff --git a/echo/4/kustomization.yml b/echo/4/kustomization.yml
index d5825e9079732afeda052914cc6e457b58a2936f..9a9a374e778bc497d29c6d0c41e647997e3a48b6 100644
--- a/echo/4/kustomization.yml
+++ b/echo/4/kustomization.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,20 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - streamflow.yml
   envs:
   - env
+
+replacements:
+# NOTE this is a workaround for K8s<1.17 that dont support subPathExpr
+- source:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    name: streamflow-config
+    fieldPath: data.JOB_ID
+  targets:
+  - select:
+      kind: Job
+      name: streamflow
+    fieldPaths:
+    - 'spec.template.spec.containers.[name=streamflow].volumeMounts.[name=data].subPath'
+    options:
+      index: 0
+      delimiter: '/'
+      create: true
diff --git a/psd/1/input.yml b/psd/1/input.yml
index 5f9ce0fc5959cf73e50570fad5d594962535ddc2..68d1a39ec805664cd48606b82e971190312c443c 100644
--- a/psd/1/input.yml
+++ b/psd/1/input.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 input_file:
   class: File
-  #location: 'https://data-proxy.ebrains.eu/api/v1/permalinks/06b0b2c8-31cb-4108-b6a7-0d275e118339'
-  path: 'input/1.mat'
+  location: 'https://data-proxy.ebrains.eu/api/v1/permalinks/06b0b2c8-31cb-4108-b6a7-0d275e118339'
+  #path: 'input/1.mat'
 channels: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
 psd_output_file_name: 'psd.json'
 output_file_name: 'output.png'
diff --git a/psd/1/kustomization.yml b/psd/1/kustomization.yml
index 3f9c11dabc3915241e2bda4a4b5643ae05f916dc..e9cfcb9e22157d98c0e2716f6e4e46455af52c00 100644
--- a/psd/1/kustomization.yml
+++ b/psd/1/kustomization.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,20 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - streamflow.yml
   envs:
   - env
+
+replacements:
+# NOTE this is a workaround for K8s<1.17 that dont support subPathExpr
+- source:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    name: streamflow-config
+    fieldPath: data.JOB_ID
+  targets:
+  - select:
+      kind: Job
+      name: streamflow
+    fieldPaths:
+    - 'spec.template.spec.containers.[name=streamflow].volumeMounts.[name=data].subPath'
+    options:
+      index: 0
+      delimiter: '/'
+      create: true