diff --git a/ohmpi.py b/ohmpi.py
index a727fc005025244b581240820011d47190823365..308d0ce27eddaad272a94f81db1d4515e874171f 100644
--- a/ohmpi.py
+++ b/ohmpi.py
@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@ class OhmPi(object):
                                          ' Use python/ipython to interact with OhmPi object...')
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
-        if not hasattr(self, name) and hasattr(deprecated, name):
+        if hasattr(deprecated, name):
             return getattr(deprecated, name)
+        else:
+            return self.name
 
     @staticmethod
     def append_and_save(filename: str, last_measurement: dict, cmd_id=None):