diff --git a/utils/generic_utils.py b/utils/generic_utils.py
index 8bf348dd..7d4c961f 100644
--- a/utils/generic_utils.py
+++ b/utils/generic_utils.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def create_experiment_folder(root_path, model_name, debug):
     else:
         commit_hash = get_commit_hash()
     output_folder = os.path.join(
-        root_path, date_str + '-' + model_name + '-' + commit_hash)
+        root_path, model_name + '-' + date_str + '-' + commit_hash)
     os.makedirs(output_folder, exist_ok=True)
     print(" > Experiment folder: {}".format(output_folder))
     return output_folder