diff --git a/ALICE3/TableProducer/OTF/onTheFlyTrackerPid.cxx b/ALICE3/TableProducer/OTF/onTheFlyTrackerPid.cxx
index 391b99553e9..78db04bba62 100644
--- a/ALICE3/TableProducer/OTF/onTheFlyTrackerPid.cxx
+++ b/ALICE3/TableProducer/OTF/onTheFlyTrackerPid.cxx
@@ -433,12 +433,13 @@ struct OnTheFlyTrackerPid {
   float mMagneticField = 0.0f;
   void init(o2::framework::InitContext& initContext)
   {
-    mGeoContainer.init(initContext);
-    mMagneticField = mGeoContainer.getFloatValue(0, "global", "magneticfield");
-
     ccdb->setURL("http://alice-ccdb.cern.ch");
     ccdb->setTimestamp(-1);
 
+    mGeoContainer.setCcdbManager(ccdb.operator->());
+    mGeoContainer.init(initContext);
+    mMagneticField = mGeoContainer.getFloatValue(0, "global", "magneticfield");
+
     if (static_cast<size_t>(maxBarrelLayers.value) > kTrackerRadii.size()) {
       LOG(fatal) << "Configured maxBarrelLayers (" << maxBarrelLayers.value
                  << ") exceeds the size of kTrackerRadii (" << kTrackerRadii.size()