diff --git a/modules/io/src/seq/promod_io_handler.hh b/modules/io/src/seq/promod_io_handler.hh
index f052c66418c20263407d8664399b0b3ce7161aa6..9a40180c84d888cddeb82bdb4cf250cbdef726e2 100644
--- a/modules/io/src/seq/promod_io_handler.hh
+++ b/modules/io/src/seq/promod_io_handler.hh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
   static bool ProvidesExport(const boost::filesystem::path& loc, 
                              const String& format="auto");
 
-  static String GetFormatName() { return String("Fasta"); }
+  static String GetFormatName() { return String("ProMod"); }
   static String GetFormatDescription() { return String("Format used by the SwissModel modeling server"); }
 };