diff --git a/macro/run/run_qa.C b/macro/run/run_qa.C
index 49bc38d9315d0d47003c9b7e2aa8718ce1b0163d..153bd2833d6a3020be8dcd4cbaf2892839d4e784 100644
--- a/macro/run/run_qa.C
+++ b/macro/run/run_qa.C
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 void run_qa(TString dataTra = "data/sis100_muon_jpsi_test", TString dataRaw = "data/sis100_muon_jpsi_test",
             TString dataReco = "data/sis100_muon_jpsi_test", TString dataPar = "data/sis100_muon_jpsi_test",
             TString dataSink = "data/sis100_muon_jpsi_test", TString setup = "sis100_muon_jpsi", Int_t nEvents = -1,
-            TString dataTra2 = "", TString dataTra3 = "", const char* configName = "./qa_config.cbm.yaml")
+            TString dataTra2 = "", TString dataTra3 = "", TString configName = "")
 {
 
   gROOT->SetBatch(kTRUE);
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ void run_qa(TString dataTra = "data/sis100_muon_jpsi_test", TString dataRaw = "d
 
   auto* pCaOutputQa = new cbm::ca::OutputQa(verbose, bUseMC);
   pCaOutputQa->SetStsTrackingMode();
-  pCaOutputQa->SetConfigName(configName);
   pCaOutputQa->ReadParameters(caParFile.Data());
+  if (configName.Length() != 0) { pCaOutputQa->SetConfigName(configName); }
   pCaOutputQa->SetUseMvd(bUseMvd);
   pCaOutputQa->SetUseSts(bUseSts);
   //pCaOutputQa->SetUseMuch(bUseMuch);