diff --git a/lib/ticgit-ng/base.rb b/lib/ticgit-ng/base.rb
index f95ce7ad..d23dfba5 100644
--- a/lib/ticgit-ng/base.rb
+++ b/lib/ticgit-ng/base.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class NoRepoFound < StandardError;end
   class Base
 
     attr_reader :git, :logger
-    attr_reader :tic_working, :tic_index
+    attr_reader :tic_working, :tic_index, :tic_dir
     attr_reader :last_tickets, :current_ticket  # saved in state
     attr_reader :config
     attr_reader :state, :config_file