diff --git a/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsHelper.java b/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsHelper.java
index 668690d5b..c2f71762e 100644
--- a/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsHelper.java
+++ b/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsHelper.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class DockerMetricsHelper {
             if( dir.canRead()){
                 System.out.println("no read access");
             }
-            System.out.println("Could not create directory "+ userHome + "/.nosqlbench/prometheus");
+            System.out.println("Could not create directory " + dir.getPath());
             System.out.println("fix directory permissions to run --docker-metrics");
             System.exit(1);
         }