diff --git a/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py b/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py
index 6c1a1b037d7980b81316e18faebb74ee4db702e6..83c41af8c65917cd48c2392a7708d58c443d5690 100644
--- a/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py
+++ b/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py
@@ -342,8 +342,7 @@ class HPC(condor,slurm):
                 print("We can join")
                 try:
                     # touch joiningfile
-                    if grid_options['HPC_force_join'] == 0:
-                        print("touch joinfile")
+                    if self.grid_options['HPC_force_join'] == 0:
                         pathlib.Path(joiningfile).touch(exist_ok=False)
                     try:
                         print("Calling HPC_join_from_files()")