diff --git a/pkg/ape/chainbase/boltdb.go b/pkg/ape/chainbase/boltdb.go
index e54d01ea..34a5c7d2 100644
--- a/pkg/ape/chainbase/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/ape/chainbase/boltdb.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func getTargetBucketCreateIfEmpty(tx *bbolt.Tx, name chain.Name, target policyen
 	typeBucket := nbucket.Bucket([]byte{byte(target.Type)})
 	if typeBucket == nil {
 		var err error
-		typeBucket, err = cbucket.CreateBucket([]byte{byte(target.Type)})
+		typeBucket, err = nbucket.CreateBucket([]byte{byte(target.Type)})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create a bucket for the target type '%c': %w", target.Type, err)
 		}