diff --git a/py-scripts/tip-cicd-sanity/testrail_api.py b/py-scripts/tip-cicd-sanity/testrail_api.py
index 64d040a2..486356ec 100644
--- a/py-scripts/tip-cicd-sanity/testrail_api.py
+++ b/py-scripts/tip-cicd-sanity/testrail_api.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from pprint import pprint
 import os
 tr_user=os.getenv('TR_USER')
 tr_pw=os.getenv('TR_PWD')
+project = os.getenv('PROJECT_ID')
 
 
 class APIClient:
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class APIClient:
     def get_run_id(self, test_run_name):
         "Get the run ID using test name and project name"
         run_id = None
-        project_id = client.get_project_id(project_name=project_id)
+        project_id = client.get_project_id(project_name=project)
 
         try:
             test_runs = client.send_get('get_runs/%s' % (project_id))
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ class APIClient:
         print("result in post", result)
 
 client: APIClient = APIClient(os.getenv('TESTRAIL_URL'))
-project_id = os.getenv('PROJECT_ID')
+
 
 class APIError(Exception):
     pass