diff --git a/src/stashcache.py b/src/stashcache.py
index 153d89269..65ef1056b 100644
--- a/src/stashcache.py
+++ b/src/stashcache.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def generate_cache_scitokens(vo_data: VOsData, resource_groups: List[ResourceGro
 
 def _get_scitokens_issuer_block(vo_name: str, scitokens: Dict, dirname: str, suppress_errors: bool) -> str:
     template = """\
-[Issuer {dirname}]
+[Issuer {issuer}]
 issuer = {issuer}
 base_path = {base_path}
 {restricted_path_line}