diff --git a/lib/log/index.js b/lib/log/index.js
index 69b9eab..8e8ae4e 100644
--- a/lib/log/index.js
+++ b/lib/log/index.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function Log(filename, opts) {
 
   const cache = new Cache({ maxSize: 1024 }) // This is potentially 64 MiB!
   let raf = RAF(filename)
-  const statsFilename = filename + '.stats'
+  const statsFilename = filename + 'stats.json'
   const blockSize = opts?.blockSize ?? DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE
   const codec = opts?.codec ?? DEFAULT_CODEC
   const writeTimeout = opts?.writeTimeout ?? DEFAULT_WRITE_TIMEOUT