diff --git a/src/services/Elastic.Documentation.Assembler/Configuration/ConfigurationCloneService.cs b/src/services/Elastic.Documentation.Assembler/Configuration/ConfigurationCloneService.cs
index bbcbcd39d..956dfdef2 100644
--- a/src/services/Elastic.Documentation.Assembler/Configuration/ConfigurationCloneService.cs
+++ b/src/services/Elastic.Documentation.Assembler/Configuration/ConfigurationCloneService.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Cancel ctx
 	{
 		var checkoutFolder = fs.DirectoryInfo.New(ConfigurationFileProvider.AppDataConfigurationDirectory).Parent;
 		if (saveLocal)
-			checkoutFolder = fs.DirectoryInfo.New(ConfigurationFileProvider.LocalConfigurationDirectory);
+			checkoutFolder = fs.DirectoryInfo.New(ConfigurationFileProvider.LocalConfigurationDirectory).Parent;
 		if (checkoutFolder is null)
 		{
 			collector.EmitGlobalError($"Unable to find checkout folder {checkoutFolder}");