diff --git a/application/api/answer/routes.py b/application/api/answer/routes.py
index fc6f969e..060d31c7 100644
--- a/application/api/answer/routes.py
+++ b/application/api/answer/routes.py
@@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ def run_async_chain(chain, question, chat_history):
 
 def get_vectorstore(data):
     if "active_docs" in data:
-        if data["active_docs"].split("/")[0] == "local":
-            if data["active_docs"].split("/")[1] == "default":
+        if data["active_docs"].split("/")[1] == "default":
                 vectorstore = ""
-            else:
-                vectorstore = "indexes/" + data["active_docs"]
+        elif data["active_docs"].split("/")[0] == "local":
+            vectorstore = "indexes/" + data["active_docs"]
         else:
             vectorstore = "vectors/" + data["active_docs"]
         if data["active_docs"] == "default":