diff --git a/lectures/python_essentials.md b/lectures/python_essentials.md
index ab8a4a84..3f5a4874 100644
--- a/lectures/python_essentials.md
+++ b/lectures/python_essentials.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Recall that Python maintains a concept of the present working directory (pwd) th
 
 If a path is not specified, then this is where Python writes to.
 
-We can also use Python to read the contents of `newline.txt` as follows
+We can also use Python to read the contents of `newfile.txt` as follows
 
 ```{code-cell} python3
 f = open('newfile.txt', 'r')
@@ -1092,4 +1092,4 @@ n = 100
 ```
 
 ```{solution-end}
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```