diff --git a/cime_config/config_archive.xml b/cime_config/config_archive.xml
index 36dddd0..adead65 100644
--- a/cime_config/config_archive.xml
+++ b/cime_config/config_archive.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <hist_file_extension>e</hist_file_extension>
     <hist_file_ext_regex>\w+\.\w+(\._\d*)?</hist_file_ext_regex>
     <rpointer>
-      <rpointer_file>rpointer.ocn$NINST_STRING</rpointer_file>
+      <rpointer_file>rpointer.ocn$NINST_STRING.$DATENAME</rpointer_file>
       <rpointer_content>$CASE.mom6$NINST_STRING.r.$DATENAME.nc</rpointer_content>
     </rpointer>
       <test_file_names>