diff --git a/iexcode/instruments/AD_utilities.py b/iexcode/instruments/AD_utilities.py
index c7565cb6430b17098f20335c58ebc5cffdd9434a..b8641c87549d3239c1f41cfdf54465492c114a43 100644
--- a/iexcode/instruments/AD_utilities.py
+++ b/iexcode/instruments/AD_utilities.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def AD_SaveFileSetup(ADplugin,mda,**kwargs):
         FileTemplate="%s%s_%4.4d."+ext; format for filename first %s = filepath, second %s = prefix
         
     """
-    kwargs.setdefault("userpath",dirname(dirname(mda.filepath)))
+    kwargs.setdefault("userpath",dirname(dirname(mda.filepath())))
     kwargs.setdefault("subfolder",ADplugin.split(":")[-2][:-1])
 
     kwargs.setdefault("prefix",ADplugin.split(":")[-2][:-1])