Error with archive

The archive function in sorter.py didn't archive to .arch, now it does

download.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def check_archive(fullpath):
     archive = conf.get_archive_location()
     filename = os.path.basename(fullpath)
     archfile = os.path.join(archive, filename)
+    #sys.stderr.write("%s %d\n" % (archfile, os.path.exists(archfile)))
     return os.path.exists(archfile)
 def write(message):
     sys.stdout.write(message)

sorter.py

@@ -78,22 +78,18 @@ class Sorter:
         dest = os.path.join(dest,
                             os.path.basename(filename))
                             
-        #today = datetime.date.today()
-        #dest = os.path.join(dest,
-        #                    "%d-%d-%d" % (today.year, today.month, today.day))
-                            
         if source != dest:
             shutil.copy(source, dest)
         else:
             print "\nHow can this even happen?! Copying", source, "to", dest
 
     def archive(self, filename):
-        download_base = self.conf.get_download_location()
         location = self.conf.get_archive_location()
         if not os.path.exists(location):
             os.makedirs(location)
 
-        dest = os.path.join(location, filename)
+        dest = os.path.join(location, os.path.basename(filename))
+        #print dest
         f = open(dest, "w")
         file.close(f)