diff --git a/src/grid/DAMASK_grid.f90 b/src/grid/DAMASK_grid.f90
index cdc62ea77..3400c375a 100644
--- a/src/grid/DAMASK_grid.f90
+++ b/src/grid/DAMASK_grid.f90
@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@ program DAMASK_spectral
      write(fileUnit) 'startingIncrement:', interface_restartInc                                     ! start with writing out the previous inc
      write(fileUnit) 'eoh'
      close(fileUnit)                                                                                ! end of header
-     open(newunit=statUnit,file=trim(getSolverJobName())//&
-                                 '.sta',form='FORMATTED',status='REPLACE')
+     open(newunit=statUnit,file=trim(getSolverJobName())//'.sta',form='FORMATTED',status='REPLACE')
      write(statUnit,'(a)') 'Increment Time CutbackLevel Converged IterationsNeeded'                 ! statistics file
      if (iand(debug_level(debug_spectral),debug_levelBasic) /= 0) &
        write(6,'(/,a)') ' header of result and statistics file written out'
diff --git a/src/mesh/DAMASK_FEM.f90 b/src/mesh/DAMASK_FEM.f90
index 5c4c5c21c..3602bd068 100644
--- a/src/mesh/DAMASK_FEM.f90
+++ b/src/mesh/DAMASK_FEM.f90
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ program DAMASK_FEM
     end select
   enddo   
 
+  open(newunit=statUnit,file=trim(getSolverJobName())//'.sta',form='FORMATTED',status='REPLACE')
+  write(statUnit,'(a)') 'Increment Time CutbackLevel Converged IterationsNeeded'                 ! statistics file
 
   loadCaseLooping: do currentLoadCase = 1, size(loadCases)
     time0 = time                                                                                    ! load case start time