From db1facceb45d0436364e23c040134986851f1afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Hacha <29590546+bhacha@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:50:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update simulation.py

---
 python/simulation.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/simulation.py b/python/simulation.py
index c7282b078..ee1a731ed 100644
--- a/python/simulation.py
+++ b/python/simulation.py
@@ -2768,6 +2768,7 @@ def use_output_directory(self, dname: str = ""):
         """
         if not dname:
             dname = self.get_filename_prefix() + "-out"
+            self.filename_prefix = None
 
         closure = {"trashed": False}
 
@@ -2783,7 +2784,6 @@ def hook():
 
         if self.fields is not None:
             hook()
-        self.filename_prefix = None
 
         return dname