diff --git a/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m b/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
index e0cfdf5d..77a76a6c 100644
--- a/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
+++ b/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ function varargout = EASYconsole(varargin)
       fullfile(parentDir, '..', '..', 'templates', 'scans-demo')
     };
     for i=1:length(dirsToScan)
-      d=fullfile(dirsToScan(i));
-      if exist(char(d), 'dir')
+      d=dirsToScan(i);
+      d=char(d);
+      if exist(d, 'dir')
         subDirs=dir(d);
         pattern='^\d{6}_.*_.*';
         matchedDirs={dirs(regexp(subDirs.name, pattern)).name};