diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index bab9679..1f2aefd 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ const struct List_Config* getListConfig(const char * listname)
 	    {
 	    free(buffer);
 	    buffer = text_easy_sprintf("%s/%s.config", MasterConfig->list_dir, listname);
-	    list_dir = MasterConfig->list_dir;
+	    this_list_dir = MasterConfig->list_dir;
 	    if (stat(buffer, &sb) != 0)
 		{
 		free(buffer);