diff --git a/vns b/vns
index 5e0abfe..d67fe55 100755
--- a/vns
+++ b/vns
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ vns_create () {
       vim "$VNS_STORE/$1.gpg"
       
     # Warn the user if the note failed to encrypt
-      if ! grep "PGP" <<< "$(file "$VNS_STORE/$1")" > /dev/null; then
+      if ! grep "PGP" <<< "$(file "$VNS_STORE/$1.gpg")" > /dev/null; then
           printf "$VNS_RED_COLOR!$VNS_RESET_COLOR - %s\n    %s\n"\
               "The created note was not encrypted."\
               "Check your vim-gnupg setup."