diff --git a/code/genScaffolds.R b/code/genScaffolds.R
index 311c284..5611b29 100644
--- a/code/genScaffolds.R
+++ b/code/genScaffolds.R
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ path_to_error_coding_excels <-
 
 fs::dir_exists(path_to_error_coding_excels)
 
-output_dir <- "./code" # based on what rwe (readAloud) dataset does
+output_dir <- paste(path_to_read_dataset, "code", sep = '/') # based on what rwe (readAloud) dataset does
 scaffolds_path <- paste(output_dir, 'scaffolds-autogenerated.xlsx', sep = '/')
-# don't use date, because we don't want competing standards for which scaffolds
+# ^don't use date, because we don't want competing standards for which scaffolds
 # to use within a given project! just commit your changes if regenerating
 
 stimuli_categories_from_subfolders <- function(dir_path) {