diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/setenv.gfsh b/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/setenv.gfsh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d50bbc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/setenv.gfsh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Gfsh shell script to set the environment
+
+set variable --name=SBDG_HOME --value=/Users/jblum/pivdev/spring-boot-data-geode
+echo --string=${SBDG_HOME}
diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-simple-cluster.sh b/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-simple-cluster.sh
index 901540e0..0226ada9 100644
--- a/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-simple-cluster.sh
+++ b/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-simple-cluster.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-gfsh -e "run --file=/Users/jblum/pivdev/spring-boot-data-geode/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-simple-cluster.gfsh"
+gfsh -e "run --file=${SBDG_HOME}/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-simple-cluster.gfsh"
diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.sh b/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.sh
index 1611dafe..9fdf3d3a 100644
--- a/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.sh
+++ b/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-gfsh -e "run --file=/Users/jblum/pivdev/spring-boot-data-geode/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.gfsh"
+gfsh -e "run --file=${SBDG_HOME}/spring-geode-samples/boot/configuration/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.gfsh"