diff --git a/bin/cdist-config b/bin/cdist-config
index 0b6d84fa..38f997fa 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-config
+++ b/bin/cdist-config
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ __cdist_object_id_from_object()
 
 __cdist_object_dir()
 {
-   echo "${__cdist_object_base_dir}/$1"
+   echo "${__cdist_out_object_dir}/$1"
 }
 
 __cdist_remote_object_dir()