diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 2d81270..310c935 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -144,6 +144,6 @@ def getDatabaseName(dbname):
     if this is called from an instance running as './pylink testing.yml', it
     would return '<dbname>-testing.db'."""
     if confname != 'pylink':
-        dbname += '-%s' % conf.confname
+        dbname += '-%s' % confname
     dbname += '.db'
     return dbname