diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestJobSettings.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestJobSettings.java
index c3884b5930..b10bd48c2d 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestJobSettings.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestJobSettings.java
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public class IngestJobSettings {
                 // This block of code gets rid of that variable instance number and helps maitains constant module name over multiple runs.
                 moduleSettingsFilePath.replaceAll("[$][\\d]+.settings$", "\\$.settings");
             }
-            try (NbObjectOutputStream out = new NbObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(getModuleSettingsFilePath(factory)))) {
+            try (NbObjectOutputStream out = new NbObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(moduleSettingsFilePath))) {
                 out.writeObject(settings);
             }
         } catch (IOException ex) {