diff --git a/arrakis/linmos.py b/arrakis/linmos.py
index 1539189..cfd2dfe 100644
--- a/arrakis/linmos.py
+++ b/arrakis/linmos.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from typing import Dict, List
 from typing import NamedTuple as Struct
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from shutil import copyfile
 
 import astropy.units as u
 import numpy as np
@@ -204,6 +205,14 @@ def genparset(
 
     if holofile is not None:
         logger.info(f"Using holography file {holofile} -- setting removeleakge to true")
+        mem_dir = os.getenv("MEMDIR", None)
+        if mem_dir is not None:
+            logger.info(f"Copying holography file to {mem_dir}")
+            mem_path = Path(mem_dir)
+            holo_copy = mem_path / holofile.name
+            if not holo_copy.exists():
+                copyfile(holofile, holo_copy)
+            holofile = holo_copy
 
         parset += f"""
 linmos.primarybeam      = ASKAP_PB