diff --git a/link.cpp b/link.cpp
index 3eed87e..afcfa7c 100644
--- a/link.cpp
+++ b/link.cpp
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ void finish(void) {
 	resolve();
 	print_symbols();
 
+	if (save_file.empty()) save_file = "gs.out";
 	try {
 		save_omf(save_file, segments, compress, express);
 		set_file_type(save_file, ftype, atype);
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 623918b..e23f7e2 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static bool is_S(std::string_view sv) {
 
 
 bool verbose = false;
-std::string save_file = "gs.out";
+std::string save_file;
 bool express = true;
 bool compress = true;