diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-peertube b/src/freedombone-app-peertube
index 75c4aea725c8d98b5db4aa898ade5a820b95b617..afb5e13b9c4a57d75ece766d9f37e2eb3d18b93b 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-peertube
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-peertube
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ function peertube_import_from_syncthing {
     fi
 
     { echo '#!/bin/bash';
+      echo '';
+      echo 'LOCKFILE=/root/.peertube.lock';
       echo '';
       echo 'if [ -f /root/.peertube.lock ]; then';
-      echo "    lockctr=\$(cat /root/.peertube.lock)";
+      echo "    lockctr=\$(cat \$LOCKFILE)";
       echo "    lockctr=\$((lockctr+1))";
-      echo "    echo \"\$lockctr\" > /root/.peertube.lock";
+      echo "    echo \"\$lockctr\" > \$LOCKFILE";
       echo "    if [ \$lockctr -ge 30 ]; then";
-      echo "        rm /root/.peertube.lock";
+      echo "        rm \$LOCKFILE";
       echo '    else';
       echo '        exit 0';
       echo '    fi';
@@ -111,22 +113,21 @@ function peertube_import_from_syncthing {
       echo '';
       echo 'failed_uploads=0';
       echo '';
-      echo 'echo "0" > /root/.peertube.lock';
+      echo "cd ${PEERTUBE_DIR} || exit 32468356";
+      echo "echo \"0\" > \$LOCKFILE";
       echo '';
       echo "for video_file in \$search_dir/*; do";
       echo "    if [[ \"\$video_file\" == *'.ogv' || \"\$video_file\" == *'.mp4' || \"\$video_file\" == *'.webm' ]]; then";
-      echo "        cd ${PEERTUBE_DIR} || exit 32468356";
-      echo "        ";
       echo "        if ! grep -q \"\$video_file\" /root/.peertube_uploaded; then";
       echo "            peertubetitle=\$(basename \"\$video_file\" | awk -F '.' '{print \$1}' | sed 's|_| |g' | sed 's|-| |g')";
       echo "            if $nodecmd \$import_script -n \"\$peertubetitle\" \$peertubensfw \$peertubeprivate -u \"\$peertubedomain\" -U \"\$peertubeuser\" --password \"\$peertubepassword\" -f \"\$video_file\"; then";
       echo "                echo \"\$video_file\" >> /root/.peertube_uploaded";
-      echo '                rm /root/.peertube.lock';
+      echo "                rm \$LOCKFILE";
       echo "                exit 0";
       echo '            else';
       echo "                failed_uploads=\$((failed_uploads+1))";
       echo "                if [ \$failed_uploads -gt 1 ]; then";
-      echo '                    rm /root/.peertube.lock';
+      echo "                    rm \$LOCKFILE";
       echo '                    exit 0';
       echo '                fi';
       echo '            fi';
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ function peertube_import_from_syncthing {
       echo '    fi';
       echo 'done'; } > /usr/bin/peertubesync
       echo '';
-      echo 'rm /root/.peertube.lock';
+      echo "rm \$LOCKFILE";
 
     chmod +x /usr/bin/peertubesync
     cron_add_mins 1 /usr/bin/peertubesync