diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/pool/HostXML.cc b/src/scheduler/src/pool/HostXML.cc
index c41bb9f97e8..62952119535 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/pool/HostXML.cc
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/pool/HostXML.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-int HostXML::host_num_paths =  6;
+int HostXML::host_num_paths = 7;
 
 const char *HostXML::host_paths[] = {
     "/HOST/TEMPLATE/",