diff --git a/config/cruisecontrol/version-2.6.1/checkout_project b/config/cruisecontrol/version-2.6.1/checkout_project
index c151bbc564198cc3901d79b0e63efed0eeb79db0..5be03c8f39e51ab316af319920c70ab494560095 100755
--- a/config/cruisecontrol/version-2.6.1/checkout_project
+++ b/config/cruisecontrol/version-2.6.1/checkout_project
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
     echo "Usage is $0 <project name>"
     exit 1
 fi
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk5_32
 svn co svn+ssh://source.systemsx.ch/repos/cisd/$1/trunk projects/cisd/trunk/$1