diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0bad7abe7e0..717a433dedf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 __pycache__
 exec/
+fix/
 fix/0readme
 fix/fix_am
 fix/fix_chem
@@ -162,3 +163,5 @@ util/sub_slurm
 util/sub_wcoss_c
 util/sub_wcoss_d
 workflow/user.yaml
+sorc/checkout-gldas.fd.log
+sorc/gldas.fd/
diff --git a/sorc/link_fv3gfs.sh b/sorc/link_fv3gfs.sh
index 1ad8516870b..a2177b5a55c 100755
--- a/sorc/link_fv3gfs.sh
+++ b/sorc/link_fv3gfs.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ elif [ $target == "jet" ]; then
     FIX_DIR="/lfs3/projects/hfv3gfs/glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix"
 elif [ $target == "hera" ]; then
     FIX_DIR="/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/fix"
+elif [ $target == "orion" ]; then
+    FIX_DIR="/work/noaa/marine/jmeixner/tempFixICdir/fix/fix_prep_benchmark3"
 else
     echo 'CRITICAL: links to fix files not set'
     [[ $machine != orion ]] && exit 1