diff --git a/flow/scripts/synth_hier_report.tcl b/flow/scripts/synth_hier_report.tcl
index cafe664309..d202330804 100644
--- a/flow/scripts/synth_hier_report.tcl
+++ b/flow/scripts/synth_hier_report.tcl
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ proc write_keep_hierarchy {} {
   set out_script_ptr [open $::env(SYNTH_STOP_MODULE_SCRIPT) w]
   puts $out_script_ptr "hierarchy -check -top $::env(DESIGN_NAME)"
   foreach module $module_list {
-    tee -o $::env(REPORTS_DIR)/synth_hier_stat_temp_module.txt stat -top "$module" {*}$stat_libs
-    set fptr1 [open $::env(REPORTS_DIR)/synth_hier_stat_temp_module.txt r]
+    tee -o $::env(OBJECTS_DIR)/synth_hier_stat_temp_module.txt stat -top "$module" {*}$stat_libs
+    set fptr1 [open $::env(OBJECTS_DIR)/synth_hier_stat_temp_module.txt r]
     set contents1 [read -nonewline $fptr1]
     close $fptr1
     set split_cont1 [split $contents1 "\n"]
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ proc write_keep_hierarchy {} {
         }
       }
     }
-    file delete -force $::env(REPORTS_DIR)/synth_hier_stat_temp_module.txt
+    file delete -force $::env(OBJECTS_DIR)/synth_hier_stat_temp_module.txt
   }
   close $out_script_ptr
 }