diff --git a/clone.py b/clone.py
index c7b4fe4..4e9067d 100644
--- a/clone.py
+++ b/clone.py
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ class Cloner:
 
     def handleFile(self, fileName: str):
         cloneFileName = fileName.replace(self.targetDir, self.backupDir)
-
+        cloneHashFileName = cloneFileName + '.md5'
+        
         if os.path.exists(cloneFileName):
-            with open(cloneFileName + '.md5', 'r') as cloneHashFile, open(fileName, 'rb') as targetFile:
+            with open(cloneHashFileName, 'r') as cloneHashFile, open(fileName, 'rb') as targetFile:
                 cloneHashFileContent = cloneHashFile.read()
                 targetFileContent = targetFile.read()
                 realHash = hashlib.md5(targetFileContent).hexdigest()
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class Cloner:
                 '{file} is a new file, added to backup dir'.format(file=fileName))
             os.system('cp {real} {clone}'.format(
                 real=fileName, clone=cloneFileName))
-            with open(cloneFileName + '.md5', 'w') as cloneHashFile, open(fileName, 'rb') as targetFile:
+            with open(cloneHashFileName, 'w') as cloneHashFile, open(fileName, 'rb') as targetFile:
                 targetFileContent = targetFile.read()
                 cloneHashFile.write(hashlib.md5(targetFileContent).hexdigest())