diff --git a/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py b/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py
index 754644af77ec37a7f11055f60dc10325a97c5b54..6c198521815d73fb4b9c09527167313fd92acf3e 100755
--- a/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py
+++ b/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ try:
 
         #For each service in the config file, creates a new cron job
         for service in services_list:
-            if os.path.isdir(services_list[service]["Folder"]):
+            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(BACKUP_FOLDER, services_list[service]["Folder"])):
                 backup_rota = services_list[service]["Backup-Rota"]
                 rotation_cmd = "/usr/local/bin/rotate-backups -H " +str(backup_rota["Hour"]) + " -d " + \
                     str(backup_rota["Day"]) + " -w " + str(backup_rota["Week"]) + " -m " + str(backup_rota["Month"]) + " " + \