diff --git a/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx b/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
index bc03c069ae86e4dcb52ab84b81a5cd465b6929d6..c944e7b45885ab1eedcab24f7461542b75f080e7 100644
--- a/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
+++ b/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ void CbmL1::WriteSTAPPerfData() // must be called after ReadEvent
TString fpdata_name = fSTAPDataDir + "data_perfo.txt";
// write data for performance in file
// if ( vNEvent <= maxNEvent ) {
- if (1) {
+ if (1) {
if (vNEvent == 1) fpdata.open(fpdata_name, std::fstream::out); // begin new file
else