diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/config/counter/counter.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/config/counter/counter.tcl
index 377f694e..c0018bb9 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/config/counter/counter.tcl
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/config/counter/counter.tcl
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 # Make and configure an ANSTO beam monitor counter.
 # This must be sourced before the hmm_configuration.tcl until we separate the scan setup from the hmm setup
-MakeCounter bm anstomonitor [ params host "das1-wombat" port "30000" ]
-bm SetExponent 0
+source $cfPath(counter)/counter_common_1.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/config/counter/counter.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/config/counter/counter.tcl
index 04bb6d5a..c0018bb9 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/config/counter/counter.tcl
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/config/counter/counter.tcl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Make and configure an ANSTO beam monitor counter.
 # This must be sourced before the hmm_configuration.tcl until we separate the scan setup from the hmm setup
-source counter_common_1.tcl
+source $cfPath(counter)/counter_common_1.tcl