diff --git a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java b/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java
index 405046e395..7fe4af36d1 100644
--- a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java
+++ b/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Writer.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Event;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.SchemaFactory;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.io.HipoWriterSorted;
-import org.jlab.jnp.utils.file.FileUtils;
+import org.jlab.utils.CLASResources;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class Clas12Writer extends HipoToHipoWriter {
     SerialHoncho serial;
     Bank runConfig;
     ConstantsManager conman;
-    SchemaFactory fullSchema;
+    SchemaFactory fullSchema = CLASResources.getFullSchema();
     HipoWriterSorted paraWriter;
     long paraCount;
     long paraTriggerMask;
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ public class Clas12Writer extends HipoToHipoWriter {
 
     private void init(JSONObject opts) {
         occupancer = new Occupancer(opts.optLong("occTriggerMask",(long)1<<39),opts.optInt("occEvents",100));
-        fullSchema = new SchemaFactory();
-        fullSchema.initFromDirectory(FileUtils.getEnvironmentPath("CLAS12DIR","etc/bankdefs/hipo4"));
-        serial = new SerialHoncho(fullSchema);
+        serial = new SerialHoncho();
         runConfig = new Bank(fullSchema.getSchema("RUN::config"));
         conman = new ConstantsManager();
         conman.init("/runcontrol/hwp","/runcontrol/helicity");
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/serial/SerialHoncho.java b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/serial/SerialHoncho.java
index aae18cd75a..cdd3fb7faa 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/serial/SerialHoncho.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/serial/SerialHoncho.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Schema;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.SchemaFactory;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.io.HipoWriterSorted;
+import org.jlab.utils.CLASResources;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 public class SerialHoncho {
     
     static final String[] TAG1BANKS = {"RUN::scaler","HEL::scaler","RAW::scaler","RAW::epics","HEL::flip","COAT::config"};
-    SchemaFactory schema;
+    static final SchemaFactory SCHEMA = CLASResources.getFullSchema();
     Schema[] tag1banks;
     Schema runConfig;
     Schema recEvent;
@@ -40,20 +41,19 @@ public class SerialHoncho {
     volatile DaqScalersSequence scalers;
     int run = 0;
 
-    public SerialHoncho(SchemaFactory schema) {
-        this.schema = schema;
+    public SerialHoncho() {
         conman = new ConstantsManager();
         conman.init("/runcontrol/hwp","/runcontrol/helicity");
-        runConfig = schema.getSchema("RUN::config");
-        recEvent = schema.getSchema("REC::Event");
-        helicityAdc = schema.getSchema("HEL::adc");
-        helScaler = schema.getSchema("HEL::scaler");
-        scalers = new DaqScalersSequence(schema);
+        runConfig = SCHEMA.getSchema("RUN::config");
+        recEvent = SCHEMA.getSchema("REC::Event");
+        helicityAdc = SCHEMA.getSchema("HEL::adc");
+        helScaler = SCHEMA.getSchema("HEL::scaler");
+        scalers = new DaqScalersSequence(SCHEMA);
         helicities = new TreeSet<>();
         eventUnix = new TreeMap<>();
         tag1banks = new Schema[TAG1BANKS.length];
         for (int i=0; i<tag1banks.length; ++i)
-            tag1banks[i] = schema.getSchema(TAG1BANKS[i]);
+            tag1banks[i] = SCHEMA.getSchema(TAG1BANKS[i]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public ConstantsManager getConstantsManager() {
     }
 
     public SchemaFactory getSchemaFactory() {
-        return schema;
+        return SCHEMA;
     }
   
     /**
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void prune() {
      * @return 
      */
     Event getUnixEvent(Bank config) {
-        Bank unix = new Bank(schema.getSchema("RUN::unix"), eventUnix.size());
+        Bank unix = new Bank(SCHEMA.getSchema("RUN::unix"), eventUnix.size());
         int row = 0;
         for (int evno : eventUnix.keySet()) {
             unix.putInt("event", row, evno);