diff --git a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/assessment-service_application.conf b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/assessment-service_application.conf
index e0a50ad980f9669e27edec484e45ca76bbdcc3e1..2e0943879a1be6b717b0b2e69bf2bf242394c933 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/assessment-service_application.conf
+++ b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/assessment-service_application.conf
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ assessment.copy.props_to_remove=["downloadUrl", "artifactUrl", "variants",
 cloud_storage_container: "{{ cloud_storage_content_bucketname }}"
 
 cloudstorage {
-  metadata.replace_absolute_path=true
+  metadata.replace_absolute_path={{ cloudstorage_replace_absolute_path | default('false') }}
   metadata.list="{{ cloudstorage_metadata_list }}"
   read_base_path="{{ cloudstorage_base_path }}"
   write_base_path="{{ valid_cloudstorage_base_urls }}"