diff --git a/exelaunch.sh b/exelaunch.sh
index caf1b3d..fcbfd95 100755
--- a/exelaunch.sh
+++ b/exelaunch.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXE="$1"; shift
 
 case "$(file -b "${EXE}")" in
 	*DOS*)
-		local CONFIG="${HOME}/.dosbox/$(basename "${EXE}").conf"
+		CONFIG="${HOME}/.dosbox/$(basename "${EXE}").conf"
 		if [ ! \( -e "${CONFIG}" \) ]
 		then
 			cp "${HOME}/.dosbox/dosbox-SVN.conf" "${CONFIG}"