diff --git a/simworld.cc b/simworld.cc
index 7f26c5861..307a4194c 100644
--- a/simworld.cc
+++ b/simworld.cc
@@ -4559,11 +4559,11 @@ void karte_t::save(const char *filename, loadsave_t::mode_t savemode, const char
 {
 DBG_MESSAGE("karte_t::save()", "saving game to '%s'", filename);
 	loadsave_t  file;
-	bool save_temp = strstart( filename, "save/" );
-	const char *savename = save_temp ? "save/_temp.sve" : filename;
+	std::string savename = filename;
+	savename += ".part";
 
 	display_show_load_pointer( true );
-	if(!file.wr_open( savename, savemode, env_t::objfilename.c_str(), version_str )) {
+	if(!file.wr_open( savename.c_str(), savemode, env_t::objfilename.c_str(), version_str )) {
 		create_win(new news_img("Kann Spielstand\nnicht speichern.\n"), w_info, magic_none);
 		dbg->error("karte_t::save()","cannot open file for writing! check permissions!");
 	}
@@ -4576,9 +4576,7 @@ DBG_MESSAGE("karte_t::save()", "saving game to '%s'", filename);
 			create_win( new news_img(err_str), w_time_delete, magic_none);
 		}
 		else {
-			if(  save_temp  ) {
-				dr_rename( savename, filename );
-			}
+			dr_rename( savename.c_str(), filename );
 			if(!silent) {
 				create_win( new news_img("Spielstand wurde\ngespeichert!\n"), w_time_delete, magic_none);
 				// update the filename, if no autosave