diff --git a/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_terra.wdl b/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_terra.wdl
index 92ddd3708..8fca11439 100644
--- a/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_terra.wdl
+++ b/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_terra.wdl
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ task get_gcloud_env_info {
   command <<<
     set -ex
 
+    # ========== method 1: from google project IAM label metadata
     gcloud auth print-access-token
 
     GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID="$(gcloud config list --format='value(core.project)')"
+    echo "$GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID" > google_project_id.txt
 
     #get project namespace:
     WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE="$(gcloud projects describe $GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID --format='value(labels.workspacenamespace)')"
@@ -57,12 +59,23 @@ task get_gcloud_env_info {
     echo "WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE: ${WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE}"
     echo "WORKSPACE_NAME:      ${WORKSPACE_NAME}"
 
-    ls -lah /cromwell_root
+    # ========== method 2: matching a project returned by the API based on the google project ID
 
+    # get list of workspaces, limiting the output to only the fields we need
     curl -X 'GET' \
-    "https://leonardo.dsde-dev.broadinstitute.org/api/google/v1/apps/${GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID}" \
-    -H 'accept: text/plain' \
-    -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)"
+    'https://api.firecloud.org/api/workspaces?fields=workspace.name%2Cworkspace.namespace%2Cworkspace.googleProject' \
+    -H 'accept: application/json' \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" > workspace_list.json
+
+    # extract workspace name
+    WORKSPACE_NAME=$(jq -cr '.[] | select( .workspace.googleProject == "terra-bf70b335" ).workspace | .name' workspace_list.json)
+    echo "$WORKSPACE_NAME" > workspace_name.txt
+    
+    # extract workspace namespace
+    WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE=$(jq -cr '.[] | select( .workspace.googleProject == "terra-bf70b335" ).workspace | .namespace' workspace_list.json)
+    echo "$WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE" > workspace_namespace.txt
+
+    # ======================================================================================
 
     touch additional_command_stdout.log
 
@@ -80,6 +93,10 @@ task get_gcloud_env_info {
   output {
     Array[String] env_info_files            = glob("./*_info.log")
     File          additional_command_stdout = "additional_command_stdout.log"
+    
+    String workspace_name      = read_string("workspace_name.txt")
+    String workspace_namespace = read_string("workspace_namespace.txt")
+    String google_project_id   = read_string("google_project_id.txt")
   }
   runtime {
     docker: "quay.io/broadinstitute/viral-baseimage:0.1.20"
diff --git a/pipes/WDL/workflows/dump_gcloud_env_info.wdl b/pipes/WDL/workflows/dump_gcloud_env_info.wdl
index e917bdcb7..17b2499f6 100644
--- a/pipes/WDL/workflows/dump_gcloud_env_info.wdl
+++ b/pipes/WDL/workflows/dump_gcloud_env_info.wdl
@@ -16,5 +16,9 @@ workflow dump_gcloud_env_info {
     output {
         Array[String] gcloud_env_info_files     = get_gcloud_env_info.env_info_files
         File          additional_command_stdout = get_gcloud_env_info.additional_command_stdout
+        
+        String workspace_name      = get_gcloud_env_info.workspace_name
+        String workspace_namespace = get_gcloud_env_info.workspace_namespace
+        String google_project_id   = get_gcloud_env_info.google_project_id
     }
 }