diff --git a/Ccs/tools/dataprocessing/smile_L0b_converter.py b/Ccs/tools/dataprocessing/smile_L0b_converter.py
index 6cfe3ec115b37944680aa0ec963fff17276f77ab..bae364b3ab7105fc0db00c97893959e0e5d60adc 100755
--- a/Ccs/tools/dataprocessing/smile_L0b_converter.py
+++ b/Ccs/tools/dataprocessing/smile_L0b_converter.py
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ def process_file(infile, outdir):
 
     # put HK in FITS
     try:
-        hkfile = mk_hk_prod(hks, infile)
+        hkfile = mk_hk_prod(hks, infile, outdir)
     except Exception as err:
         hkfile = None
         logging.error("Failed creating ENG product for {} ({}).".format(infile, err))