diff --git a/handlers/dup.in b/handlers/dup.in
index f31b1d3f12ee9027cf43c904253a7155ab95e42d..d304ed16580c52a4df6cd0700280cb1507b6f245 100644
--- a/handlers/dup.in
+++ b/handlers/dup.in
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fi
 # duplicity now enables the archive_dir by default, let's put it into /var/cache/backupninja/duplicity
 # unless the user has specified it.
 if echo "${options}" | grep -qv -- "--archive-dir" ; then
-   [ -d "/var/cache/backupninja/duplicity" ] || fatal "/var/cache/backupninja/duplicity does not exist - create it"
+   [ -d "/var/cache/backupninja" ] || fatal "/var/cache/backupninja does not exist - create it"
    execstr_options="${execstr_options} --archive-dir /var/cache/backupninja/duplicity"
 fi