diff --git a/source/adios2/core/ADIOS.cpp b/source/adios2/core/ADIOS.cpp
index a280483ce2..f7d248d2ee 100644
--- a/source/adios2/core/ADIOS.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/core/ADIOS.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void ADIOS::SetUserOptionDefaults()
 {
     m_UserOptions.general.verbose = 0;
 
-    m_UserOptions.campaign.active = true;
+    m_UserOptions.campaign.active = false;
     m_UserOptions.campaign.verbose = 0;
     m_UserOptions.campaign.hostname = "";
     m_UserOptions.campaign.campaignstorepath = "";
diff --git a/source/adios2/engine/campaign/CampaignManager.h b/source/adios2/engine/campaign/CampaignManager.h
index 2a23064cd6..ded0e57732 100644
--- a/source/adios2/engine/campaign/CampaignManager.h
+++ b/source/adios2/engine/campaign/CampaignManager.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CampaignManager
     int m_WriterRank;
     CampaignRecordMap cmap;
     std::ofstream m_Output;
-    const std::string m_CampaignDir = "adios-campaign";
+    const std::string m_CampaignDir = ".adios-campaign";
 
 #else
 public:
diff --git a/source/utils/adios_campaign_manager/adios2_campaign_manager.py b/source/utils/adios_campaign_manager/adios2_campaign_manager.py
index be9eecfad3..818cd2ca3e 100755
--- a/source/utils/adios_campaign_manager/adios2_campaign_manager.py
+++ b/source/utils/adios_campaign_manager/adios2_campaign_manager.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def SetupArgs():
             args.CampaignFileName = args.campaign_store + "/" + args.CampaignFileName
 
     if args.files is None:
-        args.LocalCampaignDir = "adios-campaign/"
+        args.LocalCampaignDir = ".adios-campaign/"
 
     if args.verbose > 0:
         print(f"# Verbosity = {args.verbose}")