diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg_pipe b/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg_pipe
index 09f261c5ac7b1d531d2baa9961eb295ab902a409..1809ad3dc5ecfe9deff327e031ace363436783ea 100755
--- a/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg_pipe
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg_pipe
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ def etg_node_gen(gstlalETGJob, dag, parent_nodes, segsdict, ifo, options, channe
 							"qhigh":options.qhigh,
 							"cadence":options.cadence,
 							"disable-web-service":"",
-							"frame-segments-name": options.frame_segments_name
+							"frame-segments-name": options.frame_segments_name,
+							"save-hdf": options.save_hdf
 						},
 						input_files = {"frame-cache":options.frame_cache,
 							"frame-segments-file":options.frame_segments_file},