diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py
index 0f54a423502981dd782879a8adc64b0764309540..5dde670906bbff92def1d51b2cb0597477d53f2d 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from tango import DeviceProxy, AttributeProxy, DevState, DevFailed
-from tangostationcontrol.toolkit.archiver_util import get_db_config, attribute_name_from_url, device_name_url
+from toolkit.archiver_util import get_db_config, attribute_name_from_url, device_name_url
 
 import time
 import json
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class Archiver():
 
         # search returns all matches in which attribute_name is part of the name,
         # so check whether an exact match is included.
-        return attribute_name_url(attribute_name) in attributes
+        return attribute_name_from_url(attribute_name) in attributes
     
     def update_archiving_attribute(self, attribute_name: str, polling_period: int, event_period: int, strategy: str = 'RUN'):
         """
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver_util.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver_util.py
index 6cb885c613d5de34178747828cffc589f12c3643..230956bee31e5cfc8d0ff3fb47b85f84171a5024 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver_util.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver_util.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+
 """
    Utility functions for the Archiver functionality.
 """