diff --git a/subprojects/xcfa/xcfa-cli/src/main/java/hu/bme/mit/theta/xcfa/cli/stateless/XcfaCli.java b/subprojects/xcfa/xcfa-cli/src/main/java/hu/bme/mit/theta/xcfa/cli/stateless/XcfaCli.java
index f013b64ea0..ceffa4be58 100644
--- a/subprojects/xcfa/xcfa-cli/src/main/java/hu/bme/mit/theta/xcfa/cli/stateless/XcfaCli.java
+++ b/subprojects/xcfa/xcfa-cli/src/main/java/hu/bme/mit/theta/xcfa/cli/stateless/XcfaCli.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -270,7 +271,8 @@ private void run() {
 		/// output results file creation
 		// create filenames, if needed
 		if(witnessOnly) {
-			witnessfile = new File(basicFileName + ".witness.graphml");
+			Path workdir = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("").toAbsolutePath();
+			witnessfile = new File(workdir + File.separator + "witness.graphml");
 		} else if(outputResults) {
 			xcfafile = new File(basicFileName + ".xcfa");
 			cfafile = new File(basicFileName + ".cfa");