diff --git a/ngrams/term_frequencies.py b/ngrams/term_frequencies.py
index b687192..4e56db9 100755
--- a/ngrams/term_frequencies.py
+++ b/ngrams/term_frequencies.py
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ def gen_task_list(mwe_pass='first',
     
     curdir = Path('.')
     if curdir.absolute().name == 'cdsc_reddit':
-        curdir = str(curdir.absolute())
+        curdir = str(curdir.absolute()) / "ngrams"
     else:
-        curdir = str(curdir.absolute() / "cdsc_reddit")
+        curdir = str(curdir.absolute() / "cdsc_reddit" / "ngrams")
     with open("tf_task_list",'w') as outfile:
 
         for f in files: