diff --git a/datascout/_datascout.py b/datascout/_datascout.py
index 6332864ea66f08337f409ba44f16e945cbc7d0cb..254008214b81417ed778e9efbb5321ecc68f09aa 100644
--- a/datascout/_datascout.py
+++ b/datascout/_datascout.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ def save_dict(dictData, folderPath=None, filename=None, fileFormat="parquet"):
 
     """
     if filename is None:
-        filename = datetime.now().strftime("%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S.%f")
+        filename = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S.%f")
     Path(folderPath).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     filename = os.path.join(folderPath, filename)
     if fileFormat == "parquet":