diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index c75a6bb0fbf21b7d0c8d1dfb776b502e10fc4dc7..4e05523611f74b4162738403a14f30fb3286bd35 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ resource "null_resource" "compute_ops" {
     private_key = file(var.ssh_private_key)
   }
 
+  # moves CRI_XCBC file into directory made above
+  provisioner "file" {
+    source      = "CRI_XCBC"
+    destination = "/"
+  }
+
   # compute node
   provisioner "remote-exec" {
     inline = [
@@ -145,6 +151,13 @@ resource "null_resource" "ood_ops" {
     private_key = file(var.ssh_private_key)
   }
 
+  # moves CRI_XCBC file into directory made above
+  provisioner "file" {
+    source      = "CRI_XCBC"
+    destination = "/"
+  }
+
+
 # ood node
   provisioner "remote-exec" {
     inline = [