diff --git a/update_all_sdkconfigs.py b/update_all_sdkconfigs.py
index 3dfadda..402df5a 100755
--- a/update_all_sdkconfigs.py
+++ b/update_all_sdkconfigs.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import subprocess
 output = subprocess.check_output(['bash', './switchconf.sh', '--list']).decode('utf-8').splitlines()
 
 # read symlink './sdkconfig' to get the current configuration
-current_config = os.readlink('./sdkconfig')
+current_config = os.readlink('./sdkconfig').split('sdkconfig_')[1]
 
 if len(output) == 0:
     print('No configurations found!')
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ for config in output:
 
 # switch back to current configuration
 print('Switching back to configuration: ' + current_config)
-subprocess.check_call(['bash', './switchconf.sh', current_config])
\ No newline at end of file
+subprocess.check_call(['bash', './switchconf.sh', current_config])