diff --git a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py
index 5dd1be1f54..b1f6f9a485 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py
@@ -453,7 +453,10 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                     # we must compare against the render filename string 
                     # We are grabbing the render filename string
                     # from the collection that we have grabbed from exp_files 
-                    render_file_name = os.path.basename(col[0])
+                    if isinstance(col, list):
+                        render_file_name = os.path.basename(col[0])
+                    else:
+                        render_file_name = os.path.basename(col)
                     if re.match(aov_pattern, render_file_name):
                         preview = True
                         break