diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_tars b/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_tars
index a3271c6286..cab51c878b 100755
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_tars
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_tars
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 echo "BEGIN: config.earc_tars"
 
 # Get task specific resources
-. $EXPDIR/config.resources "earc_tars"
+. $EXPDIR/config.resources ${earc_tars}
 
 # Set the number of ensemble members to archive per earc_tars job
 case "${CASE_ENS}" in
diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_vrfy b/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_vrfy
index a00904ecce..38c6b4afaa 100755
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_vrfy
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.earc_vrfy
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 echo "BEGIN: config.earc_vrfy"
 
 # Get task specific resources"
-. $EXPDIR/config.resources "earc_vrfy"
+. $EXPDIR/config.resources ${earc_vrfy}
 
 # Set the number of ensemble members to archive per earc_vrfy job
 case "${CASE_ENS}" in