diff --git a/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp b/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp
index 3507fb2..78d0ae7 100644
--- a/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp
+++ b/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace core_buffer {
 
+    const std::string BUFFER_BASE_DIR = "/gpfs/photonics/swissfel/buffer/";
+
     const size_t MODULE_X_SIZE = 1024;
     const size_t MODULE_Y_SIZE = 512;
     const size_t MODULE_N_PIXELS = MODULE_X_SIZE * MODULE_Y_SIZE;
diff --git a/scripts/retrieve_detector_data.sh b/scripts/retrieve_detector_data.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a437a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/retrieve_detector_data.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# != 3 ]
+then
+    echo "Usage : $0 detector_name start_pulse_id end_pulse_id"
+    echo "Example : $0 JF07T32V01 11709404000 11709405000"
+    exit
+fi
+
+DETECTOR=$1
+START_PULSE_ID=$2
+STOP_PULSE_ID=$3
+
+#8 replay workers per core, last (writer) worker occupies 4
+coreAssociated_replay=(20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23)
+coreAssociated_writer="24,25,26,27"
+
+#latest_file=`cat /gpfs/photonics/swissfel/buffer/JF07T32V01/M00/LATEST`
+#last_pulse_id=`basename ${latest_file} | sed 's/.h5//'`
+#first_pulse_id=$((${last_pulse_id}-360000))
+
+#echo "First/last pulse_id : ${first_pulse_id} ${last_pulse_id}"
+
+touch /tmp/detector_retrieve.log
+
+for M in {00..31}
+do
+    taskset -c ${coreAssociated_replay[10#${M}]} /usr/bin/sf_replay ${DETECTOR} M${M} ${M} ${START_PULSE_ID} ${STOP_PULSE_ID} >> /tmp/detector_retrieve.log &
+done
+
+taskset -c ${coreAssociated_writer} /usr/bin/sf_writer /gpfs/photonics/swissfel/buffer/test.${START_PULSE_ID}-${STOP_PULSE_ID}.h5 ${START_PULSE_ID} ${STOP_PULSE_ID} >> /tmp/detector_retrieve.log &
+
+wait
+
diff --git a/sf-buffer/src/sf_replay.cpp b/sf-buffer/src/sf_replay.cpp
index 37cda9e..50ed4ea 100644
--- a/sf-buffer/src/sf_replay.cpp
+++ b/sf-buffer/src/sf_replay.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void sf_replay (
     base_pulse_id *= core_buffer::FILE_MOD;
 
     size_t current_pulse_id = base_pulse_id;
-    string filename_base = device + "/" + channel_name + "/";
+    string filename_base = core_buffer::BUFFER_BASE_DIR + "/" + device + "/" + channel_name + "/";
 
     for (const auto& filename_suffix:path_suffixes) {