diff --git a/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py b/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
index 721d204..db8eb70 100755
--- a/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
+++ b/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import json
 import re
 import base64
 import sys
+import os
+import os.path
 
 settings = {}
 
@@ -93,9 +95,9 @@ def get_block_hashes(settings, max_blocks_per_call=10000):
 
                height += num_blocks
 
-def get_rpc_cookie(settings):
+def get_rpc_cookie():
        # Open the cookie file
-       with open(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(settings['datadir']), '/.cookie'), 'r') as f:
+       with open(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(settings['datadir']), '.cookie'), 'r') as f:
                combined = f.readline()
                combined_split = combined.split(":")
                settings['rpcuser'] = combined_split[0]
@@ -150,6 +152,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
        # Get the rpc user and pass from the cookie if the datadir is set
        if use_datadir:
-               get_rpc_cookie(settings)
+               get_rpc_cookie()
 
        get_block_hashes(settings)