diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
index 9cb2ceb4c5b2100388c632ea95a57b08069e0066..66a81c77605cd42f772ad7aa7d73c1b02c702d55 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ ____________________\n""".format(i + 1, len(pending_changes)) + str(el[3]))
                     children = converter.create_children(generalStore_copy, element)
 
                     if self.debug:
-                        # add provenance information for each varaible
+                        # add provenance information for each variable
                         self.debug_tree[str(element)] = (
                             generalStore_copy.get_storage(), recordStore_copy.get_storage())
                         self.debug_metadata["copied"][str(element)] = (