diff --git a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_calibrator_pipeline.py b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_calibrator_pipeline.py
index b2b15b29f1604ce2938440a642eafbd098f6af8d..1a30f32d1974b467e9cb002d1064e0f63d1a5507 100755
--- a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_calibrator_pipeline.py
+++ b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_calibrator_pipeline.py
@@ -289,8 +289,9 @@ class msss_calibrator_pipeline(control):
         #    Swapping outliers in the gains with the median 
         # Export the calibration solutions using gainoutliercorrection and store
         # the results in the files specified in the instrument mapfile.
-        export_instrument_model = eval(py_parset.getString(
-            'Calibration.export_instrument_model'))
+        export_instrument_model = py_parset.getBool(
+            'Calibration.exportCalibrationParameters', False)
+
         with duration(self, "gainoutliercorrection"):
             self.run_task("gainoutliercorrection",
                       (parmdb_mapfile, instrument_mapfile),