diff --git a/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py b/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
index b84de4027c6076fe7bd4bd31c232b12150f228c0..b8d5a496e8d8e130ba0f525a6eb61f1e71dc8c43 100755
--- a/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
+++ b/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
@@ -890,13 +890,13 @@ def run():
         joblist = []
         cluster_cores = concurrency.get("cluster cores", 8)
         # Check if there are pre-notebooks
-        for i, notebook in enumerate(pre_notebooks):
+        for i, rel_path in enumerate(pre_notebooks):
             notebook_path = os.path.abspath(
-                "{}/{}".format(os.path.dirname(__file__), notebook))
+                "{}/{}".format(os.path.dirname(__file__), rel_path))
             with open(notebook_path, "r") as f:
                 lead_nb = nbformat.read(f, as_version=4)
                 jobid = concurrent_run(run_tmp_path, lead_nb,
-                                       os.path.basename(notebook),
+                                       os.path.basename(notebook_path),
                                        args,
                                        job_list=joblist, fmt_args=fmt_args,
                                        cluster_cores=cluster_cores,