diff --git a/daemon-common/zkhandler.py b/daemon-common/zkhandler.py
index 015a17b6..7b39a817 100644
--- a/daemon-common/zkhandler.py
+++ b/daemon-common/zkhandler.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ZKConnection(object):
         def connection(*args, **kwargs):
             zkhandler = ZKHandler(self.config)
             zkhandler.connect()
-            zkhandler.schema.load(zkhandler.read(zkhandler.schema.path('base.schema.version')), quiet=True)
+            zkhandler.schema.load(zkhandler.read('base.schema.version'), quiet=True)
 
             ret = function(zkhandler, *args, **kwargs)