diff --git a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
index c7e281f32..d9d0e8b70 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ class Engineer(Role):
             filename = Path(i)
             if filename.suffix != ".py":
                 continue
-            workdir = self.src_workspace / filename.parent
+            workdir = self.repo.srcs.workdir / filename.parent
             if not workdir.exists():
-                workdir = self.project_repo.workdir / filename.parent
+                workdir = self.repo.workdir / filename.parent
             await init_python_folder(workdir)
 
     async def _is_fixbug(self) -> bool: