diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
index 9ae350a56..7f1ba1039 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ while true; do
           "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh
        fi
        counter=10
-       analyzing_now=$(cat "$ingest_dir/analyzing_now.txt)
+       analyzing_now=$(cat "$ingest_dir"/analyzing_now.txt)
     fi
 
     # Pause recorder to catch-up