diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aeddd5c0..a306db7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.8.5
+
+- Fix regression in `ready()` function
+
 ## 2.8.4
 
 - Add `access` parameter to `save()` to share files
diff --git a/python/hal9/iobind.py b/python/hal9/iobind.py
index e1e133f4..5a4b6422 100644
--- a/python/hal9/iobind.py
+++ b/python/hal9/iobind.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def save(name, contents = None, hidden = False, files = None, encoding = None, a
     Path(f"./{storage_path}/{name}.asset").write_text(asset_definition)
 
 def ready():
-  with open(f"{storage_path}/.output", 'w') as file:
+  with open(f".storage/.output", 'w') as file:
     file.write("")
 
 def input(prompt = "", extract = False, messages = []):
diff --git a/python/messages.json b/python/messages.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cc762b5..00000000
--- a/python/messages.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/messages.pkl b/python/messages.pkl
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b6ff7ac..00000000
--- a/python/messages.pkl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-€N.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index c239f50a..e27ca9c9 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "hal9"
-version = "2.8.4"
+version = "2.8.5"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Javier Luraschi <javier@hal9.ai>"]
 readme = "README.md"