diff --git a/loanpy/src/loan/conf.py b/loanpy/src/loan/conf.py
index 390830bdf9a6120222bc446562cd42862fc4c945..d7be81ceae1e5b563dddc765e42f6e7f979bff41 100644
--- a/loanpy/src/loan/conf.py
+++ b/loanpy/src/loan/conf.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import configparser
 from importlib_resources import files, as_file
 
 with as_file(files('loan').joinpath('default_config.ini')) as default_config_path:
-    user_config_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.linkahead_loan')
+    user_config_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.linkahead_loa.ini')
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config.read([default_config_path, user_config_path])
     global rts, ps