diff --git a/backend/models.py b/backend/models.py
index 29e1b6505..266785dc1 100644
--- a/backend/models.py
+++ b/backend/models.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def get_folder(cls, project):
     @classmethod
     def save_file(cls, project, in_file):
         folder = cls.get_folder(project)
-        shorter_name=Path(in_file.flename).name #otherwise secure_filename does weird things on linux
+        shorter_name=Path(in_file.filename).name #otherwise secure_filename does weird things on linux
         filename = secure_filename(shorter_name)
         file_path = folder/filename
         in_file.save(str(file_path))