diff --git a/scripts/dream.py b/scripts/dream.py
index cc7614980f..2f84aa8fe8 100755
--- a/scripts/dream.py
+++ b/scripts/dream.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def main():
         setup_readline()
 
     print("* Initializing, be patient...\n")
-    os.path.append('.')
+    os.path.join('.')
     from pytorch_lightning import logging
     from ldm.simplet2i import T2I