diff --git a/writer/pathgen/pathgen.go b/writer/pathgen/pathgen.go
index 5bd5e070897c46f44fe1e0735cf31327901f4849..f0722326b42340e8441befaca0a45b1f80f0fa5c 100644
--- a/writer/pathgen/pathgen.go
+++ b/writer/pathgen/pathgen.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var DefaultSuffix = ".{{.Counter | printf \"%08x\"}}.{{.Random | printf \"%08x\"}}.pq"
+var DefaultSuffix = ".{{.Now.Format \"200601021504\" }}.{{.Counter | printf \"%08x\"}}.{{.Random | printf \"%08x\"}}.pq"
 
 type Generator struct {
 	mx      sync.Mutex