diff --git a/dup.rb b/dup.rb
index 26a3eaa..5d2c900 100755
--- a/dup.rb
+++ b/dup.rb
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ if ENV['DUP_DIR']
 	$base_dir = ENV['DUP_DIR']
 else
 	$base_dir = File.join(Dir.home, ".dup")
-	puts "Environment variable DUP_DIR is not set. Looking for .yml files in #{base_dir}" unless silent_basedir
+	puts "Environment variable DUP_DIR is not set. Looking for .yml files in #{$base_dir}" unless silent_basedir
 end
 
 opts = GetoptLong.new(