diff --git a/common_config/__init__.py b/common_config/__init__.py
index 921aa11f6b66c93a60d49ebeb7cf1f5a75e4abd7..bd60c8f53e646df8f3345b3ea72ee2204d5d04ad 100644
--- a/common_config/__init__.py
+++ b/common_config/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.8'
+__version__ = '0.1.9'
 from common_config.common import *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common_config/common.py b/common_config/common.py
index 80c8d869fc45433b7c1a8538219d742220309b05..3a79864f080bbd27e89233b4de277e1795ad776b 100644
--- a/common_config/common.py
+++ b/common_config/common.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ def create_config():
         config_path.write_text(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
     except PermissionError as e:
         python_path = f"{sys.prefix}/bin/python3"
-        script_path = f"{__file__}"
+        script_path = f"{os.path.basename(__main__.__file__)}"
         print()
         print(f"Error: Didn't have the permissions to write the file to {config_path}", file=sys.stderr)
         print(f"       Directory \"{selection['path']}\" belongs to user {selection['path'].owner()} (was running as user {getpass.getuser()})", file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c3040e26e5eb5c63f93486adc1b8872abd2d7f30..091f629cd04568c32242b542a78e49f32e37e056 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "common-config"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 description = "A config library for eigenservice"
 authors = ["David Huss <dh@atoav.com>"]