diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e8931f7ff21..cdbceccc8b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ src/results/
 docs/data/*.xlsx
 docs/data/*.html
 .env
+src/captchaImage.jpeg
diff --git a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
index fbf9ed52e63..1c75676e311 100644
--- a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
+++ b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import time\n",
-    "import os.path\n",
+    "import os\n",
     "\n",
     "def waitUntilDownloadHasFinished(file):\n",
     "    while not os.path.exists(file):\n",
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "import os\n",
+    "\n",
     "def getTextInCaptchaImage(captchaImageFile):\n",
     "    baseDir = \"~/AndroidStudioProjects/TextRecognizer\"\n",
     "    ! cp $captchaImageFile $baseDir/app/src/main/assets/captchas/captcha_image.jpeg\n",
@@ -197,10 +199,9 @@
     "    driver.find_element(By.ID, \"verificationCode\").send_keys(textInCaptchaImage)\n",
     "    driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '[name=\"downloadbut\"]').click()\n",
     "\n",
-    "# FK-TODO: file is part of absoluteFile, so remove file\n",
-    "def downloadFile(file, absoluteFile, driver, maxTries):\n",
+    "def downloadFile(absoluteFile, driver, maxTries):\n",
     "    def _downloadFile():\n",
-    "        driver.get('https://vaers.hhs.gov/eSubDownload/index.jsp?fn=' + file)\n",
+    "        driver.get('https://vaers.hhs.gov/eSubDownload/index.jsp?fn=' + os.path.basename(absoluteFile))\n",
     "        solveCaptchaAndStartFileDownload(driver, 'captchaImage.jpeg')\n",
     "\n",
     "    numTries = 1\n",
@@ -218,7 +219,6 @@
     "def downloadVAERSFile(file, downloadDir):\n",
     "    driver = getWebDriver(downloadDir, isHeadless = False)\n",
     "    downloadedFile = downloadFile(\n",
-    "        file = file,\n",
     "        absoluteFile = downloadDir + \"/\" + file,\n",
     "        driver = driver,\n",
     "        maxTries = None)\n",
@@ -1203,6 +1203,9 @@
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
+  "interpreter": {
+   "hash": "31f2aee4e71d21fbe5cf8b01ff0e069b9275f58929596ceb00d14d90e3e16cd6"
+  },
   "kernelspec": {
    "display_name": "Python 3.10.4 64-bit",
    "language": "python",