diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index b43fd2f53..3fcd46f7c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
     }
 
     // find correct path to the game controller bindings
-    const std::string localdefault = mCfgMgr.getLocalPath().string() + "/gamecontrollerdb.cfg";
-    const std::string globaldefault = mCfgMgr.getGlobalPath().string() + "/gamecontrollerdb.cfg";
+    const std::string localdefault = mCfgMgr.getLocalPath().string() + "/gamecontrollerdb.txt";
+    const std::string globaldefault = mCfgMgr.getGlobalPath().string() + "/gamecontrollerdb.txt";
     std::string gameControllerdb;
     if (boost::filesystem::exists(localdefault))
         gameControllerdb = localdefault;