diff --git a/src/submit-pol-job b/src/submit-pol-job
index a53b28562f0fb9625e50a6ebc497b640c62b0ff6..bb92af7f2ed6c7acb3e553428bf8126231842e54 100755
--- a/src/submit-pol-job
+++ b/src/submit-pol-job
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ time="24:00:00"
 partition="amd-hdr100,medium"
 outdir="/data/rc/gpfs-policy/data"
 policy="./policy/list-path-external"
+outfile=""
 
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@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ Path:
     -o|--outdir         Parent directory to save policy output to 
                             (default: /data/rc/gpfs-policy/data)
     -f|--outfile        Name of the policy output file
-                            (default: "")
 
 Policy Options:
     --with-dirs         Change to ./policy/list-path-dirplus (default: False)