diff --git a/payload/usr/local/sal/bin/sal-submit b/payload/usr/local/sal/bin/sal-submit
index 0869bef..ef01d17 100755
--- a/payload/usr/local/sal/bin/sal-submit
+++ b/payload/usr/local/sal/bin/sal-submit
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def run_external_scripts(run_type):
 
     if external_scripts_dir.exists():
         for folder in external_scripts_dir.iterdir():
-            if str(catalog_file).startswith("."):
+            if str(folder).startswith("."):
                 continue
             for script in folder.iterdir():
                 if script.stat().st_mode & stat.S_IXUSR:
diff --git a/sal_python_pkg/sal/version.py b/sal_python_pkg/sal/version.py
index 7039708..72aa758 100644
--- a/sal_python_pkg/sal/version.py
+++ b/sal_python_pkg/sal/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.1.0"
+__version__ = "4.1.1"