diff --git a/unit_tests/test_utils.py b/unit_tests/test_utils.py
index 896bbf3..74b57c8 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_utils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def load_config():
 
     if not config:
         logging.error('Could not find config.yaml in any parent directory '
-                      'of %s. ' % file)
+                      'of %s. ' % __file__)
         raise Exception
 
     return yaml.safe_load(open(config).read())['options']