diff --git a/scripts/03-merge-genesis-txns.sh b/scripts/03-merge-genesis-txns.sh
index 5959c1e..8e73ca1 100755
--- a/scripts/03-merge-genesis-txns.sh
+++ b/scripts/03-merge-genesis-txns.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ for (( i=1 ; i<=$node_count ; i++ ));
 do
         node_name=${machine_name_prefix}-${i}
         node_host_name=${node_name}.${machine_domain}
-	gentx_file_name=$(ssh ${ssh_user}@${node_host_name} ls /home/laconic/${gentx_dir} | head -1)
+	gentx_file_name=$(ssh ${ssh_user}@${node_host_name} ls ${gentx_dir} | head -1)
 	node_id=$(echo ${gentx_file_name} | sed -e 's/^gentx-//' -e 's/.json$//')
 	node_ip=$(dig +short ${node_host_name})
 	peer=${node_id}@${node_ip}:${p2p_port}
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ do
 	node_name=${machine_name_prefix}-${i}
 	node_host_name=${node_name}.${machine_domain}
 	echo "Copying ${gentx_dir} on ${node_name} to ${local_gentx_dir}"
-        scp laconic@${node_host_name}:~/${gentx_dir}/* ${local_gentx_dir}
-        scp laconic@${node_host_name}:~/${genesis_json_file} ${local_gentx_dir}/${node_name}-genesis.json
+        scp ${ssh_user}@${node_host_name}:~/${gentx_dir}/* ${local_gentx_dir}
+        scp ${ssh_user}@${node_host_name}:~/${genesis_json_file} ${local_gentx_dir}/${node_name}-genesis.json
 done
 
 # Extract the peer node validator addresses from their genesis.json files
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ echo "Copying gentx files to node 1"
 node_1_host_name=${machine_name_prefix}-1.${machine_domain}
 ssh ${ssh_user}@${node_1_host_name} rm -rf ${local_gentx_dir}
 ssh ${ssh_user}@${node_1_host_name} mkdir ${local_gentx_dir}
-scp ${local_gentx_dir}/gentx-* laconic@${node_1_host_name}:~/${local_gentx_dir}
+scp ${local_gentx_dir}/gentx-* ${ssh_user}@${node_1_host_name}:~/${local_gentx_dir}
 
-gentx_file_list=$(ssh laconic@${node_1_host_name} ls -m ${local_gentx_dir}/gentx-*)
+gentx_file_list=$(ssh ${ssh_user}@${node_1_host_name} ls -m ${local_gentx_dir}/gentx-*)
 echo "Node 1 now has: ${gentx_file_list}"
 
 gentx_files=$(echo ${gentx_file_list} | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '\n')