diff --git a/vizapp/global.R b/vizapp/global.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d00424ce97ae1fb493ce1d43a2912b309e669980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vizapp/global.R
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+data.dir <- Sys.getenv('outputDir')
diff --git a/vizapp/server.R b/vizapp/server.R
index 679b1d223a6b458924569ae8d8afc86dfd5fada2..41d7d7b503d0335209c2479a62ee2bfbbf0e029f 100644
--- a/vizapp/server.R
+++ b/vizapp/server.R
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ get.filt<-function(var){
 shinyServer(
   function(input,output,session){
     
-    data.dir <- Sys.getenv('outputDir')
     vars<-eventReactive(input$go,{
       get.filt(input)
     })