diff --git a/src/friction_writer.cc b/src/friction_writer.cc
index 269f4969cfc37450ae13b6591d0f92ffaf98cb94..b018f802b5215f635f33f38eba8e2a0fef8b3a31 100644
--- a/src/friction_writer.cc
+++ b/src/friction_writer.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ FrictionWriter<ScalarVector, Vector>::FrictionWriter(
     typename BW::Projector projector)
     : BW(vertexCoordinates, _boundaryNodes, projector),
       coefficientWriter("coefficients", std::fstream::out),
-      stateWriter("states", std::fstream::out) {}
+      stateWriter("logstates", std::fstream::out) {}
 
 template <class ScalarVector, class Vector>
 FrictionWriter<ScalarVector, Vector>::~FrictionWriter() {