diff --git a/garak/resources/gcg/generate_gcg.py b/garak/resources/gcg/generate_gcg.py
index fb15dff2..0dc969fc 100644
--- a/garak/resources/gcg/generate_gcg.py
+++ b/garak/resources/gcg/generate_gcg.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 gcg_parser.add_argument(
     "--outfile",
     type=str,
-    default=resource_data / "gcg_prompts.txt",
+    default=gcg_resource_data / "gcg_prompts.txt",
     help="Location to write GCG attack output",
 )
 gcg_parser.add_argument(