diff --git a/exec/text_sec.js b/exec/text_sec.js
index 11376cce73689c880334c16ce4b92d8d8e2f08da..03643a8785f74ed87b908b71e9f9c13d026003c0 100644
--- a/exec/text_sec.js
+++ b/exec/text_sec.js
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ while(bbs.online) {
 				if(!path || console.aborted)
 					break;
 				if(!file_exists(path)) {
-					var path_textarea = backslash(txtsec_data(usrsec[cursec])) + path;
-					if (!file_exists(path_textarea)) {
+					var default_path = backslash(txtsec_data(usrsec[cursec])) + path;
+					if (!file_exists(default_path)) {
 						console.print(bbs.text(FileNotFound));
 						break;
 					} else {
 						// only change the path if the file was found, otherwise
 						// leave it alone so they can correct it 
-						path = path_textarea;
+						path = default_path;
 					}
 				}
 				console.printfile(path);