diff --git a/script/local.py b/script/local.py
index 4a3eb89b..260aa0bb 100644
--- a/script/local.py
+++ b/script/local.py
@@ -295,9 +295,10 @@ def before_readout():
     fetch_keithleys()
 
 def after_readout(rec):
-    if beam_ok:
-      if get_exec_pars().persist:
-          if rec.index == 0:
+    if beam_ok:     
+      if get_exec_pars().save:
+          print rec.index
+          if rec.index == 0:              
               create_diag_datasets()
           append_diag_datasets()
     else: