diff --git a/microbench/connector_tax/layerwise/run_v3_trace.sh b/microbench/connector_tax/layerwise/run_v3_trace.sh
index 7a4aeae..95bfa38 100755
--- a/microbench/connector_tax/layerwise/run_v3_trace.sh
+++ b/microbench/connector_tax/layerwise/run_v3_trace.sh
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ PYTHON="$VENV/bin/python"
 DR_FIX="$PROJ_DIR/microbench/connector_tax/cache_sweep/apply_direct_read_fix.py"
 MC_FILE="$VLLM_ROOT/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/mooncake/mooncake_connector.py"
 PROXY_FILE="$PROJ_DIR/scripts/cache_aware_proxy.py"
-LW_CONN="${LW_CONN:-/tmp/mooncake_connector.LAYERWISE.py}"
-WM_PROXY="${WM_PROXY:-/tmp/cache_aware_proxy.WRITEMODE.py}"
-ES_INSTR="$PROJ_DIR/microbench/connector_tax/layerwise/instrument_engine_state.py"
+# Staging on shared cpfs (visible on dash0/dash1), not node-local /tmp.
+_LWDIR="$PROJ_DIR/microbench/connector_tax/layerwise"
+LW_CONN="${LW_CONN:-$_LWDIR/mooncake_connector.LAYERWISE.py}"
+WM_PROXY="${WM_PROXY:-$_LWDIR/cache_aware_proxy.WRITEMODE.py}"
+ES_INSTR="$_LWDIR/instrument_engine_state.py"
 ES="${ES:-0}"                  # 1 = enable real engine-state feed (P2)
 ES_DIR="/dev/shm/agentic_engine_state_${TAG}"