diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_extraction.py b/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_extraction.py
index 836c3c568f2426b7d49a09a403723a4fbf875b8d..ccc8da75c16da41d00ee591f31db9b5445eba9df 100755
--- a/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_extraction.py
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_extraction.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Config_Extraction(Config_runscript_base):
         # set destination directory based on base directory which can be retrieved from the template runscript
         base_dir = Config_Extraction.get_var_from_runscript(os.path.join(self.runscript_dir, self.runscript_template),
                                                             "destination_dir")
-        self.destination_dir = os.path.join(base_dir, "extracted_data", self.year)
+        self.destination_dir = os.path.join(base_dir, "extractedData", self.year)
 
     #
     # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py b/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py
index b24e794c5049ca6f0232e3a5d77ddb0ce4a71ed9..47674732bc8b1a6be45bed315d03b1ac04cd90f3 100755
--- a/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Config_runscript_base:
                                                                                    "source_dir"), subdir_name)
 
         if not os.path.isdir(base_source_dir):
-            raise NotADirectoryError("%{0}: Cannot find directory '{1}".format(method_name, base_source_dir))
+            raise NotADirectoryError("%{0}: Cannot find directory '{1}'".format(method_name, base_source_dir))
 
         list_dirs = [f.name for f in os.scandir(base_source_dir) if f.is_dir()]
         if not list_dirs: