diff --git a/aeon/utils/_threading.py b/aeon/utils/_threading.py
index 2a6efac7af..adf32df0a6 100644
--- a/aeon/utils/_threading.py
+++ b/aeon/utils/_threading.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
 
             if n_jobs is None and args and hasattr(args[0], "n_jobs"):
                 # This gets n_jobs if it belongs to a object (i.e. self.n_jobs)
-                n_jobs = args[0]["n_jobs"]
+                n_jobs = args[0].n_jobs
 
         adjusted_n_jobs = check_n_jobs(n_jobs)
         set_num_threads(adjusted_n_jobs)