diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-stats-update/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/graph/stats/oozie_app/copyDataToImpalaCluster.sh b/dhp-workflows/dhp-stats-update/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/graph/stats/oozie_app/copyDataToImpalaCluster.sh
index 18ff6dca8..1996c0b03 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-stats-update/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/graph/stats/oozie_app/copyDataToImpalaCluster.sh
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-stats-update/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/graph/stats/oozie_app/copyDataToImpalaCluster.sh
@@ -6,16 +6,27 @@ then
     ln -sfn ${PYTHON_EGG_CACHE}${link_folder} ${link_folder}
 fi
 
+IMPALA_HDFS_NODE=''
+if hdfs dfs -test -e hdfs://impala-cluster-mn1.openaire.eu >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    IMPALA_HDFS_NODE='hdfs://impala-cluster-mn1.openaire.eu:8020'
+elif hdfs dfs -test -e hdfs://impala-cluster-mn2.openaire.eu >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    IMPALA_HDFS_NODE='hdfs://impala-cluster-mn2.openaire.eu:8020'
+else
+    echo -e "\n\nPROBLEM WHEN SETTING THE HDFS-NODE FOR IMPALA CLUSTER!\n\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "Active IMPALA HDFS Node: ${IMPALA_HDFS_NODE}"
+
 export HADOOP_USER_NAME=$6
 export PROD_USAGE_STATS_DB="openaire_prod_usage_stats"
 function copydb() {
   db=$1
   FILE=("hive_wf_tmp_"$RANDOM)
-  hdfs dfs -mkdir hdfs://impala-cluster-mn1.openaire.eu:8020/tmp/$FILE/
+  hdfs dfs -mkdir ${IMPALA_HDFS_NODE}/tmp/$FILE/
   # copy the databases from ocean to impala
 
   echo "copying $db"
-  hadoop distcp -Dmapreduce.map.memory.mb=6144 -pb hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/${db}.db hdfs://impala-cluster-mn1.openaire.eu:8020/tmp/$FILE/
+  hadoop distcp -Dmapreduce.map.memory.mb=6144 -pb hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/${db}.db ${IMPALA_HDFS_NODE}/tmp/$FILE/
 
   # change ownership to impala
   hdfs dfs -conf /etc/impala_cluster/hdfs-site.xml -chmod -R 777 /tmp/$FILE/${db}.db