diff --git a/components/esm/loadcell.cpp b/components/esm/loadcell.cpp
index f6db5c70c..920fa8ad9 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadcell.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadcell.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void CellRef::save(ESMWriter &esm)
 
     esm.writeHNOString("ANAM", owner);
     esm.writeHNOString("BNAM", glob);
-    esm.writeHNOString("SXOL", soul);
+    esm.writeHNOString("XSOL", soul);
 
     esm.writeHNOString("CNAM", faction);
     if (factIndex != -1)