diff --git a/omicron/cli/process.py b/omicron/cli/process.py
index 0ca1735..ff297fc 100644
--- a/omicron/cli/process.py
+++ b/omicron/cli/process.py
@@ -1043,7 +1043,13 @@ def main(args=None):
 
     ppjob.add_condor_cmd('periodic_remove', '(JobStatus == 1) && MemoryUsage >= 7G')
 
-    ppjob.add_condor_cmd('environment', '"HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING=FALSE"')
+    ppjob.add_condor_cmd('environment', "\"{}\"".format(" ".join((
+        # disable file locking over NFS
+        "HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING=FALSE",
+        # provide the PATH so that omicron-merge-with-gaps can find the
+        # executables it needs
+        f"PATH='{os.getenv('PATH', sys.prefix)}'",
+    ))))
     ppjob.add_short_opt('e', '')
     ppnodes = []
     prog_path = dict()
@@ -1262,9 +1268,15 @@ def main(args=None):
         if newdag:
             # write shell script to seed archive
             with open(archivejob.get_executable(), 'w') as f:
+                cmd = [
+                    prog_path["omicron_archive"],
+                    "--indir", mergedir.absolute(),
+                    "--outdir", os.getenv("OMICRON_ARCHIVE", const.OMICRON_ARCHIVE),
+                    "-vv",
+                ]
                 print('#!/bin/bash -e\n', file=f)
                 print('# Archive all trigger files saved in the merge directory ', file=f)
-                print(f'{prog_path["omicron_archive"]} --indir {str(mergedir.absolute())} -vv', file=f)
+                print(" ".join(map(str, cmd)), file=f)
 
             os.chmod(archivejob.get_executable(), 0o755)
             # write caches to disk
diff --git a/omicron/condor.py b/omicron/condor.py
index fee975b..a46918f 100644
--- a/omicron/condor.py
+++ b/omicron/condor.py
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ def __init__(self, universe, executable, tag=None, subdir=None,
                 logdir, '%s-%s.err' % (tag, self.logtag)))
             self.set_stdout_file(os.path.join(
                 logdir, '%s-%s.out' % (tag, self.logtag)))
-        cmds.setdefault('getenv', 'True')
         for key, val in cmds.items():
             if hasattr(self, 'set_%s' % key.lower()):
                 getattr(self, 'set_%s' % key.lower())(val)