diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/maly/db_plugin/dbMALY.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/maly/db_plugin/dbMALY.cc
index 385e217fa..372b91f2d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/maly/db_plugin/dbMALY.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/maly/db_plugin/dbMALY.cc
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public:
 
   virtual tl::XMLElementBase *xml_reader_options_element () const
   {
-    return new db::ReaderOptionsXMLElement<db::MALYReaderOptions> ("mag",
+    return new db::ReaderOptionsXMLElement<db::MALYReaderOptions> ("maly",
       tl::make_member (&db::MALYReaderOptions::dbu, "dbu") +
       tl::make_member (&db::MALYReaderOptions::layer_map, "layer-map") +
       tl::make_member (&db::MALYReaderOptions::create_other_layers, "create-other-layers")
diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/maly/unit_tests/dbMALYReaderTests.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/maly/unit_tests/dbMALYReaderTests.cc
index 438613561..95a6ff447 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/maly/unit_tests/dbMALYReaderTests.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/maly/unit_tests/dbMALYReaderTests.cc
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ TEST(2_Errors)
 TEST(10_BasicLayout)
 {
   run_test (_this, tl::testdata (), "MALY_test10.maly", "maly_test10_au.oas");
+  run_test (_this, tl::testdata (), "MALY_test10.maly", "maly_test10_lm_au.oas", "A: 10, B: 11, C: 12, D: 13");
 }
 
 TEST(11_Titles)
diff --git a/testdata/maly/maly_test10_lm_au.oas b/testdata/maly/maly_test10_lm_au.oas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d495f5b1
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/maly/maly_test10_lm_au.oas differ