diff --git a/python_files/pyhelpers.py b/python_files/pyhelpers.py
index ba4bc1850ea3846d81a71a5452a77450cc307a24..555e21d50dac5f6fe5ce52dd22a9d08fd0f03b41 100644
--- a/python_files/pyhelpers.py
+++ b/python_files/pyhelpers.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def download_orekit_data_curdir(filename='orekit-data.zip'):
     url = "https://gitlab.orekit.org/orekit/orekit-data/-/archive/master/orekit-data-master.zip"
     # Download the orekit-data file and store it locally
 
-    with urlrequest.urlopen(url) as response, open("orekit-data.zip", 'wb') as out_file:
+    with urlrequest.urlopen(url) as response, open(filename, 'wb') as out_file:
         print('Downloading file from:', url)
         shutil.copyfileobj(response, out_file)