diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/scripting/ServerSideScriptingCaller.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/scripting/ServerSideScriptingCaller.java
index 33a7560866f1814d2e717e49ec7dc2447530228f..674e70999581b1c5bede2636ef62090a0a4938fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/scripting/ServerSideScriptingCaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/scripting/ServerSideScriptingCaller.java
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ public class ServerSideScriptingCaller {
     }
     try {
       Files.copy(
-          Paths.get("/", ".pycaosdb.ini"), this.tmpHome.toPath());
+          Paths.get("/", ".pycaosdb.ini"), (new File(this.tmpHome, ".pycaosdb.ini")).toPath());
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      System.err.println("No pycaosdb.ini found at " + "/");
+      System.err.println("No .pycaosdb.ini found at " + "/");
     }
   }