diff --git a/gga_init.py b/gga_init.py
index 70000847a1ccaea9c3d1c4d6c75c391ca6239b62..86e4c11392aa7c62d70e71a9aa870406235c7d6f 100755
--- a/gga_init.py
+++ b/gga_init.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class DeploySpeciesStack(speciesData.SpeciesData):
 
         # Write galaxy_nginx.conf
         try:
-            with open(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.script_dir, "galaxy_nginx.conf")), "w") as galaxy_nginx_conf:
+            with open(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.main_dir, "galaxy_nginx.conf")), "w") as galaxy_nginx_conf:
                 galaxy_nginx_conf.truncate(0)
                 galaxy_nginx_conf.write("uwsgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;")
                 galaxy_nginx_conf.write("uwsgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD     $request_method;")