diff --git a/mirar/processors/mask.py b/mirar/processors/mask.py
index 3437d4466..7a5373ea4 100644
--- a/mirar/processors/mask.py
+++ b/mirar/processors/mask.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from astropy.wcs import WCS
 
 from mirar.data import Image, ImageBatch
-from mirar.paths import BASE_NAME_KEY, FITS_MASK_KEY, get_output_dir
+from mirar.paths import BASE_NAME_KEY, FITS_MASK_KEY, base_code_dir, get_output_dir
 from mirar.processors.base_processor import BaseImageProcessor
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ def __init__(
             raise ValueError("Must specify either mask_path or mask_path_key, not both")
 
     def description(self) -> str:
-        return f"Processor to mask bad pixels using a pre-defined map: {self.mask_path}"
+        return (
+            f"Mask bad pixels using a pre-defined map: "
+            f"{self.mask_path.relative_to(base_code_dir)}"
+        )
 
     def get_mask(self, image) -> np.ndarray:
         """