diff --git a/storage/backups/borg/backup.py b/storage/backups/borg/backup.py
index 79c1d8a..4154f6a 100755
--- a/storage/backups/borg/backup.py
+++ b/storage/backups/borg/backup.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Backup(object):
         self.logger.debug('Running command: {0}'.format(' '.join(cmd)))
         if self.args['dryrun']:
             return()  # no-op
-        if outfh:
+        if stdoutfh:
             _err = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout = stdoutfh, stderr = subprocess.PIPE).stderr.decode('utf-8').strip()
         else:
             with open(os.devnull, 'w') as DEVNULL: