1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/extensions/inkex.py b/share/extensions/inkex.py
index 665575c6b..b7e3e0e63 100755
--- a/share/extensions/inkex.py
+++ b/share/extensions/inkex.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Effect:
             try:
                 stream = open(file,'r')
             except:
-                stream = open(self.args[-1],'r')
+                stream = open(self.svg_file,'r')
         except:
             stream = sys.stdin
         self.document = etree.parse(stream)
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class Effect:
 
     def affect(self, args=sys.argv[1:], output=True):
         """Affect an SVG document with a callback effect"""
+        self.svg_file = args[-1]
         self.getoptions(args)
         self.parse()
         self.getposinlayer()