diff --git a/source/mod_save.f90 b/source/mod_save.f90
index 71c67c93f6c541d9e26acb174dcae78c620ed481..80d70840ba37f1c7f90f9079f9591ef57710a1b2 100644
--- a/source/mod_save.f90
+++ b/source/mod_save.f90
@@ -947,7 +947,8 @@ module mod_save
       if (config%lognormal) then
         ! for lognormal these are the log transformed scalars
         ! so undo the log transformation here 
-        write(100,rowfmt) exp(states%px0(npvar+n)), exp(states%pxerr0(npvar+n)), exp(states%px(npvar+n)), exp(states%pxerr(npvar+n))
+        write(100,rowfmt) exp(states%px0(npvar+n)), exp(states%pxerr0(npvar+n))-1., &
+                            exp(states%px(npvar+n)), exp(states%pxerr(npvar+n))-1.
       else
         write(100,rowfmt) states%px0(npvar+n), states%pxerr0(npvar+n), states%px(npvar+n), states%pxerr(npvar+n)
       endif