diff --git a/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c b/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c
index ee01652..9b4cdb6 100644
--- a/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c
+++ b/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void config_write_launcher(FILE *fp)
 		g_strstrip(dir);
 		if (strlen(dir) > 0) {
 			char *contracted = contract_tilde(dir);
-			fprintf(fp, "launcher_item_app = %s\n", contracted);
+			fprintf(fp, "launcher_apps_dir = %s\n", contracted);
 			free(contracted);
 		}
 	}