diff --git a/new b/new
index d9c38c82..2bc1e8fd 100755
--- a/new
+++ b/new
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ cat <<End-of-File >$id
 #
 # creator
 seq=\`basename \$0\`
-seqres=$RESULT_DIR/$seq
+seqres=\$RESULT_DIR/\$seq
 echo "QA output created by \$seq"
 
 here=\`pwd\`