diff --git a/reply.py b/reply.py
index b1feeba..d2e8944 100755
--- a/reply.py
+++ b/reply.py
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ class ReplyBot:
 
 	async def reply(self, notification):
 		toot = await utils.make_post(self.cfg)  # generate a toot
-		if cfg['strip_paired_punctuation']:
+		if self.cfg['strip_paired_punctuation']:
 			toot = PAIRED_PUNCTUATION.sub("", toot)
 		toot = toot.replace("@", "@\u200b")  # sanitize mentions
-		toot = utils.remove_mentions(cfg, toot)
+		toot = utils.remove_mentions(self.cfg, toot)
 		await self.pleroma.reply(notification['status'], toot, cw=self.cfg['cw'])
 
 	@staticmethod