diff --git a/benchmarks/single/single.sh b/benchmarks/single/single.sh
index 852c59273453a5650d7898c78cf7d54e82e4acf4..3f475abafbc9ed8bdd9879b286aeac2705fa2d89 100644
--- a/benchmarks/single/single.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/single/single.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if [[ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}" ]] ; then
 fi
 
 export JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG="${1:-e-_1GeV_45to135deg}"
-export JUGGLER_GEN_FILE="benchmarks/single/${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.steer}"
+export JUGGLER_GEN_FILE="benchmarks/single/${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.steer"
 export JUGGLER_SIM_FILE="sim_${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.root"
 export JUGGLER_REC_FILE="rec_${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.root"