diff --git a/bin/sarif-extract-scans b/bin/sarif-extract-scans
index 94052e9..d676378 100755
--- a/bin/sarif-extract-scans
+++ b/bin/sarif-extract-scans
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def load(fname):
         except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as err:
             logging.error('Error reading from {}: {}: line {}, column {}'
                           .format(fname, err.msg, err.lineno, err.colno))
-            status_writer.file_load_error["file"] = fname
+            status_writer.file_load_error["sarif_file"] = fname
             status_writer.csv_write(status_writer.file_load_error)
             sys.exit(1)
         return content
diff --git a/sarif_cli/status_writer.py b/sarif_cli/status_writer.py
index 00ce226..4314f50 100644
--- a/sarif_cli/status_writer.py
+++ b/sarif_cli/status_writer.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ input_sarif_missing = {
 
  # file load error can happen on either sarif file or scan-spec.json
 file_load_error = {
-  "file": "",
+  "sarif_file": "",
   "level": "ERROR",
   "levelcode": 3,
   "message": "Could not load file."