diff --git a/src/emucore/EventHandler.cxx b/src/emucore/EventHandler.cxx
index f505096b7..5bd193b22 100644
--- a/src/emucore/EventHandler.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/EventHandler.cxx
@@ -559,9 +559,10 @@ void EventHandler::handleKeyEvent(StellaKey key, StellaMod mod, bool state)
 
         case KBDK_S:         // Ctrl-s saves properties to a file
         {
-          string filename = myOSystem.baseDir() +
+          string filename = myOSystem.defaultSaveDir() +
               myOSystem.console().properties().get(Cartridge_Name) + ".pro";
           ofstream out(filename);
+
           if(out)
           {
             out << myOSystem.console().properties();