diff --git a/fourmi.py b/fourmi.py
index e45d605..d6d5fd9 100755
--- a/fourmi.py
+++ b/fourmi.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Options:
     --version                       Show version.
     -v                              Verbose logging output. (Multiple occurrences increase logging level)
     --log=<file>                    Save log to an file.
-    -o <file> --output=<file>       Output file [default: results.*format*]
+    -o <file> --output=<file>       Output file [default: <compound>.*format*]
     -f <format> --format=<format>   Output formats (supported: csv, json, jsonlines, xml) [default: csv]
     --include=<regex>               Include only sources that match these regular expressions split by a comma.
     --exclude=<regex>               Exclude the sources that match these regular expressions split by a comma.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def search(docopt_arguments, source_loader):
     """
     conf = Configurator()
     conf.set_logging(docopt_arguments["--log"], docopt_arguments["-v"])
-    conf.set_output(docopt_arguments["--output"], docopt_arguments["--format"])
+    conf.set_output(docopt_arguments["--output"], docopt_arguments["--format"], docopt_arguments["<compound>"])
     setup_crawler(docopt_arguments["<compound>"], conf.scrapy_settings,
                   source_loader, docopt_arguments["--attributes"].split(','))
     if conf.scrapy_settings.getbool("LOG_ENABLED"):
diff --git a/utils/configurator.py b/utils/configurator.py
index 358adc7..2db7cdb 100644
--- a/utils/configurator.py
+++ b/utils/configurator.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 
 from scrapy.utils.project import get_project_settings
 
+
 class Configurator:
     """
     A helper class in the fourmi class. This class is used to process the settings as set
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class Configurator:
     def __init__(self):
         self.scrapy_settings = get_project_settings()
 
-    def set_output(self, filename, fileformat):
+    def set_output(self, filename, fileformat, compound):
         """
         This function manipulates the Scrapy output file settings that normally would be set in the settings file.
         In the Fourmi project these are command line arguments.
@@ -20,12 +21,12 @@ class Configurator:
         :param fileformat: The format in which the output will be.
         """
 
-        if filename != 'results.*format*':
+        if filename != '<compound>.*format*':
             self.scrapy_settings.overrides["FEED_URI"] = filename
         elif fileformat == "jsonlines":
-            self.scrapy_settings.overrides["FEED_URI"] = "results.json"
+            self.scrapy_settings.overrides["FEED_URI"] = compound + ".json"
         elif fileformat is not None:
-            self.scrapy_settings.overrides["FEED_URI"] = "results." + fileformat
+            self.scrapy_settings.overrides["FEED_URI"] = compound + "." + fileformat
 
         if fileformat is not None:
             self.scrapy_settings.overrides["FEED_FORMAT"] = fileformat