diff --git a/Alignment/OfflineValidation/bin/DiMuonVmerge.cc b/Alignment/OfflineValidation/bin/DiMuonVmerge.cc
index a12042f1cc759..7f9d4575f1363 100644
--- a/Alignment/OfflineValidation/bin/DiMuonVmerge.cc
+++ b/Alignment/OfflineValidation/bin/DiMuonVmerge.cc
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@ int merge(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     //   std::cout << "  Attribute: " << attr.first << " = " << attr.second.data() << std::endl;
     // }
 
-    std::cout << childTree.second.get<string>("file") << std::endl;
+    std::string file = childTree.second.get<string>("file");
+    std::cout << file << std::endl;
     std::cout << childTree.second.get<string>("title") << std::endl;
-    std::string toAdd = childTree.second.get<string>("file") +
-                        "/DiMuonVertexValidation.root=" + childTree.second.get<string>("title") + ",";
+
+    // Check if the file contains "/eos/cms/" and add the prefix accordingly
+    std::string prefixToAdd = file.find("/eos/cms/") != std::string::npos ? "root://eoscms.cern.ch/" : "";
+    std::string toAdd =
+        prefixToAdd + file + "/DiMuonVertexValidation.root=" + childTree.second.get<string>("title") + ",";
     filesAndLabels += toAdd;
   }
 
diff --git a/Alignment/OfflineValidation/macros/loopAndPlot.C b/Alignment/OfflineValidation/macros/loopAndPlot.C
index 093582435b54d..c4cdd2b0e40f4 100644
--- a/Alignment/OfflineValidation/macros/loopAndPlot.C
+++ b/Alignment/OfflineValidation/macros/loopAndPlot.C
@@ -68,7 +68,15 @@ void recurseOverKeys(TDirectory *target1, const std::vector<TString> &labels, bo
 /************************************************/
 {
   // Figure out where we are
-  TString path((char *)strstr(target1->GetPath(), ":"));
+  TString fullPath = target1->GetPath();
+
+  // Check if the prefix "root://eoscms.cern.ch/" is present and remove it
+  TString prefixToRemove = "root://eoscms.cern.ch/";
+  if (fullPath.BeginsWith(prefixToRemove)) {
+    fullPath.Remove(0, prefixToRemove.Length());
+  }
+
+  TString path((char *)strstr(fullPath.Data(), ":"));
   path.Remove(0, 2);
 
   sourceFiles[0]->cd(path);