diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/AbstractIdeContext.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/AbstractIdeContext.java
index 513b6a0b2..3f821a1fc 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/AbstractIdeContext.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/AbstractIdeContext.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ private Path findIdeRoot(Path ideHomePath) {
           }
         } else if (!ideRootPath.equals(rootPath)) {
           warning("Variable IDE_ROOT is set to '{}' but for your project '{}' the path '{}' would have been expected.", rootPath,
-              (this.ideHome == null) ? "undefined" : this.ideHome.getFileName(), ideRootPath);
+              (ideHomePath == null) ? "undefined" : ideHomePath.getFileName(), ideRootPath);
         }
       }
     }