diff --git a/misc/buildbot.sh b/misc/buildbot.sh
index 87627e51c..75e71df14 100644
--- a/misc/buildbot.sh
+++ b/misc/buildbot.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ROOT_DIR=~/client # can be changed
 ALL_FLAGS="-O1 -s -fno-stack-protector -fno-math-errno -Qn -w"
 
 # log file that errors are written to
-ERR_FILES=$ROOT_DIR/cc_errors.txt
+ERRS_FILE=$ROOT_DIR/cc_errors.txt
 rm "$ERRS_FILE"
 
 # ----------------------------- compile windows
@@ -213,4 +213,4 @@ run_timed build_rpi
 run_timed build_android
 
 cd ~
-python3 notify.py
\ No newline at end of file
+python3 notify.py