diff --git a/ec2-create-ce b/ec2-create-ce
index 84950c3..2c3e040 100755
--- a/ec2-create-ce
+++ b/ec2-create-ce
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ copy_ami() {
 	fi
 
 	if $_opt_public ; then
-	  echo "Marking AMI $ami_id as public"
-	  ec2-modify-image-attribute --region "$target_region" "$ami_id" --launch-permission -a all
+	  echo "Marking AMI $ami_id_copy as public"
+	  ec2-modify-image-attribute --region "$target_region" "$ami_id_copy" --launch-permission -a all
 	  if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-	    echo "Noticed problem when trying to mark AMI with ID $ami_id in region $target_region as public." >&2
+	    echo "Noticed problem when trying to mark AMI with ID $ami_id_copy in region $target_region as public." >&2
 	    return 1
 	  fi
 	fi