diff --git a/routes/apps/_utils.py b/routes/apps/_utils.py
index aa5a29e1..fb816739 100644
--- a/routes/apps/_utils.py
+++ b/routes/apps/_utils.py
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ def send_submission_ftp_email(user,submission_type,submission_tag, submission_fi
 
     today=str(date.today())
     
-    if ftp_user == "" :
+    if ( ftp_user == "" ) or ( not ftp_user) :
 
         ftp_user=user_generator()
         ftp_pass=password_generator()
diff --git a/routes/apps/crispr.py b/routes/apps/crispr.py
index f12207f5..145f9d55 100644
--- a/routes/apps/crispr.py
+++ b/routes/apps/crispr.py
@@ -1411,15 +1411,12 @@ def writeout(subdic=subdic, json_config=json_config, json_filename=json_filename
         ftp_user=send_submission_ftp_email(user=current_user, submission_type="crispr", submission_tag=json_filename, submission_file=json_filename, attachment_path=json_filename, ftp_user=ftp)
         arguments=pd.concat([arguments,ftp_user])
         ftp_user=ftp_user["Value"].tolist()[0]
-        raw_folder=json_config[os.path.basename(json_filename)]["raven"]["raw_fastq"]
+        raw_folder=json_config[json_filename_]["raven"]["raw_fastq"]
         raw_folder=os.path.join( raw_folder, ftp_user  )
-        json_config[os.path.basename(json_filename)]["raven"]["ftp"]=ftp_user
-        json_config[os.path.basename(json_filename)]["studio"]["ftp"]=ftp_user
-
-
-        ## keep on from here
-        json_config[os.path.basename(json_filename)]["raven"]["raw_fastq"]=raw_folder
-        json_config[os.path.basename(json_filename)]["studio"]["raw_fastq"]=raw_folder
+        json_config[json_filename_]["raven"]["ftp"]=ftp_user
+        json_config[json_filename_]["studio"]["ftp"]=ftp_user
+        json_config[json_filename_]["raven"]["raw_fastq"]=raw_folder
+        json_config[json_filename_]["studio"]["raw_fastq"]=raw_folder
 
         if BAGEL_NONESSENTIAL != "/bagel/NEGv1.txt" :
             json_config[os.path.basename(json_filename)]["raven"]["bagel_nonessential"]=os.path.join(raw_folder,BAGEL_NONESSENTIAL)