diff --git a/source/abstinent.py b/source/abstinent.py
index 7f7375de0c714cdd472b2189890b20a029b63d5b..68ae69fb57de99c0f02a0ab3a189307c1eed3df4 100644
--- a/source/abstinent.py
+++ b/source/abstinent.py
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def main(topic_id: int, topic_name: str, result_dict: dict) -> None:
     """
     
     if topic_name in [output_file_name.replace('.absinth', '') 
-                      for output_file_name in os.listdir(config.base_out)]:
+                      for output_file_name in os.listdir(config.output)]:
         return None
     
     else: