diff --git a/Outputs/OutputManager.h b/Outputs/OutputManager.h
index 07a119ce20ae29065f5398d727d28adbf3445d34..2a1af4760d11164be95374ed33aa195b55b4fcb6 100644
--- a/Outputs/OutputManager.h
+++ b/Outputs/OutputManager.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace corsika::output {
       std::filesystem::create_directory(path);
 
       // write the config for this output to the file
-      WriteNode(outputs_.at(name).get().GetConfig(), path / (name + ".yaml"));
+      WriteNode(outputs_.at(name).get().GetConfig(), path / "config.yaml");
     }
 
   public: