diff --git a/scripts/setup/generate_enterprise_secrets.py b/scripts/setup/generate_enterprise_secrets.py
index 0390f8466a..33a6001d46 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/generate_enterprise_secrets.py
+++ b/scripts/setup/generate_enterprise_secrets.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from zerver.lib.utils import generate_random_token
 
 os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..'))
 
-OUTPUT_SETTINGS_FILENAME = "zproject/dev-secrets.conf"
 CAMO_CONFIG_FILENAME = '/etc/default/camo'
 
 AUTOGENERATED_SETTINGS = ['shared_secret', 'avatar_salt', 'rabbitmq_password', 'local_database_password',
@@ -35,6 +34,11 @@ def generate_django_secretkey():
     return get_random_string(50, chars)
 
 def generate_secrets(development=False):
+    if development:
+        OUTPUT_SETTINGS_FILENAME = "zproject/dev-secrets.conf"
+    else:
+        OUTPUT_SETTINGS_FILENAME = "/etc/zulip/zulip-secrets.conf"
+
     lines = ['[secrets]\n']
 
     def config_line(var, value):