diff --git a/plugins/fits.inc b/plugins/fits.inc
index b7e30aee..bebb0a81 100644
--- a/plugins/fits.inc
+++ b/plugins/fits.inc
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ class fits {
    * @return type
    */
   function extractFits($parameterArray, $dsid, $file, $file_ext) {
-    $file_suffix = '_' . $dsid . '.xml';
+    $file_name = '_' . $dsid . '.xml';
     $output = array();
     exec('fits.sh -i ' . escapeshellarg($file) . '', $output);
-    if ( !file_put_contents($file . $file_suffix, implode("\n", $output)) ) {
+    if ( !file_put_contents($file . $file_name, implode("\n", $output)) ) {
         exit("Error writing file: ". $file_name);
     }
-    $_SESSION['fedora_ingest_files']["$dsid"] = $file . $file_suffix;
+    $_SESSION['fedora_ingest_files']["$dsid"] = $file . $file_name;
     return TRUE;
   }