diff --git a/config/bps_panda_DF.yaml b/config/bps_panda_DF.yaml
index 40eb933..7e853a8 100644
--- a/config/bps_panda_DF.yaml
+++ b/config/bps_panda_DF.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ project: dev
 campaign: quick
 s3EndpointUrl: "https://storage.googleapis.com"
 payloadFolder: payload
-fileDistributionEndPoint: "file://${LSST_RUN_TEMP_SPACE}/{operator}/panda_cache_box/{payloadFolder}/{uniqProcName}/"
+fileDistributionEndPoint: "${LSST_RUN_TEMP_SPACE}/panda_cache_box/{payloadFolder}/{uniqProcName}/"
 
 # location of main butler repo at USDF
 payload:
diff --git a/doc/changes/DM-45631.misc.rst b/doc/changes/DM-45631.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aab8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/DM-45631.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix pandaDistributionEndpoint to support different protocols
diff --git a/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/edgenode/build_cmd_line_decoder.py b/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/edgenode/build_cmd_line_decoder.py
index 6f18c2c..3e6ba2d 100644
--- a/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/edgenode/build_cmd_line_decoder.py
+++ b/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/edgenode/build_cmd_line_decoder.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from lsst.ctrl.bps.drivers import prepare_driver
 from lsst.ctrl.bps.panda.constants import PANDA_DEFAULT_MAX_COPY_WORKERS
 from lsst.ctrl.bps.panda.utils import copy_files_for_distribution, get_idds_client
+from lsst.resources import ResourcePath
 from lsst.utils.timer import time_this
 
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -138,9 +139,8 @@ def create_idds_workflow(config_file, compute_site):
 idds_workflow = bps_workflow.idds_client_workflow
 
 _, max_copy_workers = config.search("maxCopyWorkers", opt={"default": PANDA_DEFAULT_MAX_COPY_WORKERS})
-copy_files_for_distribution(
-    bps_workflow.files_to_pre_stage, config["fileDistributionEndPoint"], max_copy_workers
-)
+file_distribution_uri = ResourcePath(config["fileDistributionEndPoint"], forceDirectory=True)
+copy_files_for_distribution(bps_workflow.files_to_pre_stage, file_distribution_uri, max_copy_workers)
 
 idds_client = get_idds_client(config)
 ret = idds_client.update_build_request(request_id, signature, idds_workflow)
diff --git a/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/panda_service.py b/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/panda_service.py
index 29435be..c496e13 100644
--- a/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/panda_service.py
+++ b/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/panda_service.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     get_idds_client,
     get_idds_result,
 )
+from lsst.resources import ResourcePath
 
 _LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -95,7 +96,11 @@ def submit(self, workflow, **kwargs):
             lsst_temp = "LSST_RUN_TEMP_SPACE"
             if lsst_temp in file_distribution_uri and lsst_temp not in os.environ:
                 file_distribution_uri = self.config["fileDistributionEndPointDefault"]
-            copy_files_for_distribution(workflow.files_to_pre_stage, file_distribution_uri, max_copy_workers)
+            copy_files_for_distribution(
+                workflow.files_to_pre_stage,
+                ResourcePath(file_distribution_uri, forceDirectory=True),
+                max_copy_workers,
+            )
 
             idds_client = get_idds_client(self.config)
             ret = idds_client.submit(workflow.idds_client_workflow, username=None, use_dataset_name=False)
diff --git a/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/utils.py b/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/utils.py
index 716d101..a260b3e 100644
--- a/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/utils.py
+++ b/python/lsst/ctrl/bps/panda/utils.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def copy_files_for_distribution(files_to_stage, file_distribution_uri, max_copy_
     ----------
     files_to_stage : `dict` [`str`, `str`]
         Files which need to be copied to a workflow staging area.
-    file_distribution_uri : `str`
+    file_distribution_uri : `ResourcePath`
         Path on the edge node accessed storage,
         including access protocol, bucket name to place files.
     max_copy_workers : `int`
@@ -93,16 +93,14 @@ def copy_files_for_distribution(files_to_stage, file_distribution_uri, max_copy_
     for local_pfn in files_to_stage.values():
         folder_name = os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(local_pfn))
         if os.path.isdir(local_pfn):
+            folder_uri = file_distribution_uri.join(folder_name, forceDirectory=True)
             files_in_folder = ResourcePath.findFileResources([local_pfn])
             for file in files_in_folder:
                 file_name = file.basename()
-                files_to_copy[file] = ResourcePath(
-                    os.path.join(file_distribution_uri, folder_name, file_name)
-                )
+                files_to_copy[file] = folder_uri.join(file_name, forceDirectory=False)
         else:
-            files_to_copy[ResourcePath(local_pfn)] = ResourcePath(
-                os.path.join(file_distribution_uri, folder_name)
-            )
+            folder_uri = file_distribution_uri.join(folder_name, forceDirectory=False)
+            files_to_copy[ResourcePath(local_pfn, forceDirectory=False)] = folder_uri
 
     copy_executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_copy_workers)
     future_file_copy = []