diff --git a/utils/exclude_path_keywords.yaml b/utils/exclude_path_keywords.yaml
index f554a31..58f72ec 100644
--- a/utils/exclude_path_keywords.yaml
+++ b/utils/exclude_path_keywords.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ exclude_paths:
   containing :
     - .ipynb_checkpoints
     - .renku
-    - .git
\ No newline at end of file
+    - .git
+#    - params
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/g5505_utils.py b/utils/g5505_utils.py
index f721578..32b849b 100644
--- a/utils/g5505_utils.py
+++ b/utils/g5505_utils.py
@@ -308,17 +308,17 @@ def copy_directory_with_contraints(input_dir_path, output_dir_path,
     select_dir_keywords = [keyword.replace('/',os.sep) for keyword in select_dir_keywords]
 
     try:
-        with open(os.path.join(dimaPath, 'utils/exclude_path_keywords.yaml'), 'r') as stream:
+        with open(os.path.join(dimaPath, 'dima/utils/exclude_path_keywords.yaml'), 'r') as stream:
             exclude_path_dict = yaml.safe_load(stream)
             if isinstance(exclude_path_dict, dict):
-                exclude_path_keywords = exclude_path_dict.get('containing', [])
+                exclude_path_keywords = exclude_path_dict.get('exclude_paths',{}).get('containing', [])
                 if not all(isinstance(keyword, str) for keyword in exclude_path_keywords):
                     exclude_path_keywords = []
             else:
                 exclude_path_keywords = []
     except (FileNotFoundError, yaml.YAMLError) as e:
         print(f"Warning. Unable to load YAML file: {e}")
-        exclude_path_keywords = []
+        exclude_path_keywords = []  
 
     date = created_at('%Y_%m').replace(":", "-")
     log_dir='logs/'