diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9e76d5e63..caf17f652 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-02  Tim Waugh  <twaugh@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/plugins/WriteGedcom.py (GedcomWriter.__init__): Fixed
+	default filename for export.
+
 2003-11-01  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/StartupDialog.py: handle SuSE 9.0's broken handling of
 	gconf
diff --git a/src/plugins/WriteGedcom.py b/src/plugins/WriteGedcom.py
index 4e6ed586e..17bfb313b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/WriteGedcom.py
+++ b/src/plugins/WriteGedcom.py
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ class GedcomWriter:
             target_obj.set_menu(myMenu)
             self.target_menu = myMenu
 
-            pathname = "%s.ged" % os.path.dirname(db.getSavePath())
+            pathname = os.path.join (os.path.dirname(db.getSavePath()),
+                                     "export.ged")
         
             filetgt = self.topDialog.get_widget('fileentry1')
             filetgt.set_filename(pathname)