diff --git a/cfg_checker/common/other.py b/cfg_checker/common/other.py
index a385b90..5a4c552 100644
--- a/cfg_checker/common/other.py
+++ b/cfg_checker/common/other.py
@@ -126,20 +126,20 @@
         else:
             raise ConfigException(_message)
 
-    def get_nodes_list(self, env, nodes_list):
+    def get_nodes_list(self, nodes_list, env_sting=None):
         _list = []
-        if env is None:
+        if env_sting is None:
             # nothing supplied, use the one in repo
             try:
                 if not nodes_list:
                     return []
-                with open(os.path.join(pkg_dir, nodes_list)) as _f:
+                with open(nodes_list) as _f:
                     _list.extend(_f.read().splitlines())
             except IOError as e:
                 raise ConfigException("# Error while loading file, '{}': "
                                       "{}".format(e.filename, e.strerror))
         else:
-            _list.extend(self.node_string_to_list(env))
+            _list.extend(self.node_string_to_list(env_sting))
 
         # validate names
         _invalid = []
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
             else:
                 _valid.append(_name)
 
-        return _valid
+        return _valid, _invalid
 
 
 utils = Utils()