diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/overlays.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/overlays.dm
index 498890d430..c0ccdddb31 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/overlays.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/overlays.dm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(overlays)
 
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/overlays/Shutdown()
-	text2file("[GLOB.log_directory]/overlay.log", render_stats(stats))
+	text2file(render_stats(stats), "[GLOB.log_directory]/overlay.log")
 
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/overlays/Recover()