diff --git a/lib/data/BaseDataset.py b/lib/data/BaseDataset.py
index 5559a68b0..2d3e84234 100755
--- a/lib/data/BaseDataset.py
+++ b/lib/data/BaseDataset.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def get_item(self, index):
             }
             return res
         except:
-            print("Requested subject %s has missing files. Using a random sample instead." % subject)
+            print("Requested index %s has missing files. Using a random sample instead." % index)
             return self.get_item(index=random.randint(0, self.__len__() - 1))
 
     def __getitem__(self, index):