diff --git a/src/paste.c b/src/paste.c
index fc3c4101..1e328138 100644
--- a/src/paste.c
+++ b/src/paste.c
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ void merge_file(int selection_load, const char ext[])
       my_snprintf(name, S(name), "%s/.clipboard.sch", user_conf_dir);
     }
 
+    my_snprintf(sel_or_clip, S(sel_or_clip), name);
+
     if(is_generator(name)) generator = 1;
 
     if(generator) {
diff --git a/src/save.c b/src/save.c
index 3d2c0adb..6c0bf55f 100644
--- a/src/save.c
+++ b/src/save.c
@@ -4888,6 +4888,8 @@ void save_selection(int what)
  else /* what=2 */
    my_snprintf(name, S(name), "%s/%s.sch",user_conf_dir , ".clipboard");
 
+ my_snprintf(sel_or_clip, S(sel_or_clip), name);
+
  if(!(fd=fopen(name,"w")))
  {
     fprintf(errfp, "save_selection(): problems opening file %s \n", name);