diff --git a/launch_test.sh b/launch_test.sh
index 435395aafc10d221324b3a89c06ea8a3315c0dcd..8d3c0ca16532af6b0255516adc2f70180296350c 100644
--- a/launch_test.sh
+++ b/launch_test.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=1G
 
 touch $HOME/test.sh
-echo "this is a test" >$HOME/test.sh
+echo "this is a test" >$HOME/test.txt