diff --git a/app/setup_repositories.py b/app/setup_repositories.py
index f595e7dd..7861aac8 100644
--- a/app/setup_repositories.py
+++ b/app/setup_repositories.py
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ def command(ctx, check_only, pull, branches_file):
         if verbose:
             print(f"Branches are: {branches}")
 
-    dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("DEV_ROOT", default="~/cerc"))
+    local_stack = ctx.obj.local_stack
+
+    if local_stack:
+        dev_root_path = default=os.getcwd()[0:os.getcwd().rindex("stack-orchestrator")])
+        print(f'Local stack dev_root_path (CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR) overridden to: {dev_root_path}')
+    else:
+        dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR", default="~/cerc"))
 
     if not quiet:
         print(f'Dev Root is: {dev_root_path}')