diff --git a/tools/add_font.py b/tools/add_font.py
index c063e1fd8..d4c15c766 100644
--- a/tools/add_font.py
+++ b/tools/add_font.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def main(argv):
   if os.path.isfile(desc):
     print 'DESCRIPTION.en_us.html exists'
   else:
-    _WriteTextFile(os.path.join(fontdir, desc), 'N/A')
+    _WriteTextFile(desc, 'N/A')
 
   _WriteTextFile(os.path.join(fontdir, 'METADATA.pb'), text_proto)