diff --git a/Outputs/OutputManager.h b/Outputs/OutputManager.h
index 391a3801ad21e96aa51ba3bf57f0b17262f25625..58090fb8e0d1fb01b4134f2996a30571943416fc 100644
--- a/Outputs/OutputManager.h
+++ b/Outputs/OutputManager.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace corsika::output {
       config["version"] = "8.0.0-prealpha"; // the current version
 
       // write the node to a file
-      WriteNode(config, root_ / (name_ + ".yaml"));
+      WriteNode(config, root_ / ("config.yaml"));
     }
 
     void InitOutput(std::string const& name) const {