diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoFileMonitor.cpp b/eo/src/utils/eoFileMonitor.cpp
index 9863646b..cd5cbab6 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoFileMonitor.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoFileMonitor.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ eoMonitor& eoFileMonitor::operator()(void)
             header      // we want to write headers
         &&  firstcall   // we do not want to write headers twice
         && !keep        // if we append to an existing file, headers are useless
-        && !overwriting // we do not want to write headers if the file is to be overwriten
+        && !overwrite   // we do not want to write headers if the file is to be overwriten
     ) {
         printHeader();
         firstcall = false;