diff --git a/config/htcondor/99-workspaces.conf b/config/htcondor/99-workspaces.conf
index 37040d4cbfcac3587b56a26a8720c5c4877b9145..d7ed4e830c316a3e4f25fb6df850b64fb576de13 100644
--- a/config/htcondor/99-workspaces.conf
+++ b/config/htcondor/99-workspaces.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ SEC_DEFAULT_NEGOTIATION=NEVER
 
 # Add flag to ensure our lustre-needing workflows can run on our cluster
 HASLUSTRE = True
-STARTD_ATTRS = $(STARTD_ATTRS) HASLUSTRE
+STARTD_ATTRS = $(STARTD_ATTRS) HASLUSTRE NRAO_TRANSFER_HOST
+
+# Add flag to ensure the file transfer plugin behaves with our local setup
+NRAO_TRANSFER_HOST = "LOCAL"
+STARTD_ATTRS = $(STARTD_ATTRS) NRAO_TRANSFER_HOST
 
 # Plugins
 FILETRANSFER_PLUGINS = $(FILETRANSFER_PLUGINS), /usr/libexec/condor/nraorsync_plugin.py