diff --git a/metobsapi/files_api.py b/metobsapi/files_api.py
index 050467564011a56bf39a2a3f61701bfc44ea8404..bfae336bde588a72dca9ebd7d9b6ab30dfa29968 100644
--- a/metobsapi/files_api.py
+++ b/metobsapi/files_api.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fi
 
 cd data
 # get files
-xargs -n1 curl --create-dirs -o \'#1\' <<EOF
+xargs -n1 curl --create-dirs -O <<EOF
 {url_list}
 EOF
 """