diff --git a/dna_add.sh b/dna_add.sh
index 7960e3775400d51bcc42bf2aa19b1002d58fa361..9ab4ce2637aabf7e3d1fd4d940b23bc53d190093 100755
--- a/dna_add.sh
+++ b/dna_add.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ call_function() {
 	$function_command #execute the command
 	if [ ! $? = 0 ] #test if command failed
 	then
-		echo "error in $(basename $1)"
+		echo "error in $(basename $2)"
 		echo "canceling dna_add"
 		rm -rf $stored_document_path
 		del_document "$container_path" $doc_index
diff --git a/dna_read.sh b/dna_read.sh
index 105c62dbd1a4a5671a298d52ab08532811828db5..70797e370ac548f2d7f01d5c876c1b8dc432b1a6 100755
--- a/dna_read.sh
+++ b/dna_read.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ call_function() {
 	$function_command #execute the command
 	if [ ! $? = 0 ] #test if command failed
 	then
-		echo "error in $(basename $1)"
+		echo "error in $(basename $2)"
 		echo "canceling dna_read"
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/dna_store.sh b/dna_store.sh
index 28ff41066150fb7c90c40c4a82dba66cc8f58b44..6d94fe8ed4d6facd62601b0c69be082ebe8f9f70 100755
--- a/dna_store.sh
+++ b/dna_store.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ call_function() {
 	$function_command #execute the command
 	if [ ! $? = 0 ] #test if command failed
 	then
-		echo "error in $(basename $1)"
+		echo "error in $(basename $2)"
 		echo "canceling dna_store"
 		exit 1
 	fi