diff --git a/tupak/likelihood.py b/tupak/likelihood.py
index 9b7a73d15d5ec165ee3f8d416e4758e6d321387a..1e792230522148f8a09584a8e2c4a5e6ae175fc0 100644
--- a/tupak/likelihood.py
+++ b/tupak/likelihood.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class GravitationalWaveTransient(Likelihood):
         return self.log_likelihood_ratio() + self.noise_log_likelihood()
 
     def setup_distance_marginalization(self):
-        if 'fluminosity_distance' not in self.prior.keys():
+        if 'luminosity_distance' not in self.prior.keys():
             logging.info('No prior provided for distance, using default prior.')
             self.prior['luminosity_distance'] = tupak.prior.create_default_prior('luminosity_distance')
         self.distance_array = np.linspace(self.prior['luminosity_distance'].minimum,