diff --git a/calma/CalmaWrite.c b/calma/CalmaWrite.c
index 5a01d85b..8a8842f3 100644
--- a/calma/CalmaWrite.c
+++ b/calma/CalmaWrite.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ calmaDumpStructure(def, outf, calmaDefHash, filename)
 		HashSetValue(he, (char *)newnameptr);
 	    }
 	}
-	calmaOutStringRecord(CALMA_STRNAME, newnameptr, outf);
+	calmaOutStringRecord(CALMA_STRNAME, newnameptr + 1, outf);
     }
     freeMagic(strname);