diff --git a/modulefiles/wflow_linux.lua b/modulefiles/wflow_linux.lua
index dd9aec7afa..6c4cc6949d 100644
--- a/modulefiles/wflow_linux.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/wflow_linux.lua
@@ -5,16 +5,35 @@ This module sets a path to activate conda environment needed for running the UFS
 whatis([===[This module sets a path for conda environment needed for running the UFS SRW App on Linux]===])
 
 setenv("CMAKE_Platform", "linux")
-setenv("VENV", pathJoin(os.getenv("HOME"), "condaenv/envs/regional_workflow"))
 
---[[
-local ROCOTOmod="/Users/username/modules"
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", ROCOTOmod)
-load(rocoto)
---]]
+-- Conda initialization function
+function init_conda(conda_path)
+    local shell=myShellType()
+    local conda_file
+    if shell == "csh" then
+      conda_file=pathJoin(conda_path,"etc/profile.d/conda.csh")
+    else
+      conda_file=pathJoin(conda_path,"etc/profile.d/conda.sh")
+    end
+    local mcmd="source " .. conda_file
+    execute{cmd=mcmd, modeA={"load"}}
+end
+
+-- initialize conda
+local conda_path="/home/username/miniconda3"
+init_conda(conda_path)
+
+-- add rocoto to path
+local rocoto_path="/home/username/rocoto"
+prepend_path("PATH", pathJoin(rocoto_path,"bin"))
+
+-- add fake slurm commands
+local srw_path="/home/username/ufs-srweather-app"
+prepend_path("PATH", pathJoin(srw_path, "ush/rocoto_fake_slurm"))
 
+-- display conda activation message
 if mode() == "load" then
      LmodMsgRaw([===[Please do the following to activate conda:
-       > conda activate $VENV
+       > conda activate regional_workflow
 ]===])
 end
diff --git a/modulefiles/wflow_macos.lua b/modulefiles/wflow_macos.lua
index 769f1bc05e..d7cf30e0a3 100644
--- a/modulefiles/wflow_macos.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/wflow_macos.lua
@@ -5,17 +5,36 @@ This module set a path needed to activate conda environement for running UFS SRW
 whatis([===[This module activates conda environment for running the UFS SRW App on macOS]===])
 
 setenv("CMAKE_Platform", "macos")
-setenv("VENV", pathJoin(os.getenv("HOME"), "condaenv/envs/regional_workflow"))
 
---[[
-local ROCOTOmod="/Users/username/modules"
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", ROCOTOmod)
-load(rocoto)
---]]
+-- Conda initialization function
+function init_conda(conda_path)
+    local shell=myShellType()
+    local conda_file
+    if shell == "csh" then
+      conda_file=pathJoin(conda_path,"etc/profile.d/conda.csh")
+    else
+      conda_file=pathJoin(conda_path,"etc/profile.d/conda.sh")
+    end
+    local mcmd="source " .. conda_file
+    execute{cmd=mcmd, modeA={"load"}}
+end
+
+-- initialize conda
+local conda_path="/Users/username/miniconda3"
+init_conda(conda_path)
+
+-- add rocoto to path
+local rocoto_path="/Users/username/rocoto"
+prepend_path("PATH", pathJoin(rocoto_path,"bin"))
+
+-- add fake slurm commands
+local srw_path="/Users/username/ufs-srweather-app"
+prepend_path("PATH", pathJoin(srw_path, "ush/rocoto_fake_slurm"))
 
+-- display conda activation message
 if mode() == "load" then
    LmodMsgRaw([===[Please do the following to activate conda virtual environment:
-       > conda activate $VENV "
+       > conda activate regional_workflow"
 ]===])
 end