diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Python.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Python.java
index 18329e7b2e..e8c2fee02e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Python.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Python.java
@@ -985,6 +985,9 @@ public PythonConfig apply(PythonConfig c) {
    */
   public List<String> getScriptList() throws IOException {
     List<String> sorted = new ArrayList<>();
+    if (config.scriptRootDir == null) {
+      config.scriptRootDir = new File(getDataInstanceDir()).getAbsolutePath();
+    }    
     List<File> files = FileIO.getFileList(config.scriptRootDir, true);
     for (File file : files) {
       if (file.toString().endsWith(".py")) {