diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/ServerProperties.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/ServerProperties.java
index 74c421f8faa338d8390542541fcb975e2a9bddbd..bbe8927950c2fb311bcbbbb85675d293ef62984b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/ServerProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/ServerProperties.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class ServerProperties extends Properties {
       Arrays.sort(confFiles, Comparator.naturalOrder());
       for (String confFile : confFiles) {
           // prevent backup files from being read
-          if (confFiles.endsWith(".conf")) {
+          if (confFile.endsWith(".conf")) {
               loadConfigFile(serverProperties, new File(confDir, confFile));
           }
       }