diff --git a/lisainstrument/instrument.py b/lisainstrument/instrument.py
index 78e45eec7fb88b93481cd8eb6cb0de0d29ec8d4c..f739aa11213577f8b9ed492b465e21d053b97d42 100755
--- a/lisainstrument/instrument.py
+++ b/lisainstrument/instrument.py
@@ -2039,9 +2039,6 @@ class Instrument:
                 logger.debug("Writing THE with respect to TCB to '%s'", output)
                 self.the_wrt_tcb_withinitial.write(hdf5, 'the_wrt_tcb_withinitial')
 
-                logger.debug("Writing MOC time correlations to '%s'", output)
-                self.moc_time_correlations.write(hdf5, 'moc_time_correlations')
-
                 logger.debug("Writing tilt-to-length couplings to '%s'", output)
                 self.local_ttls.write(hdf5, 'local_ttls')
                 self.distant_ttls.write(hdf5, 'distant_ttls')
@@ -2227,6 +2224,9 @@ class Instrument:
             self.rfi_carriers.write(hdf5, 'rfi_carriers')
             self.rfi_usbs.write(hdf5, 'rfi_usbs')
 
+            logger.debug("Writing MOC time correlations to '%s'", output)
+            self.moc_time_correlations.write(hdf5, 'moc_time_correlations')
+
             logger.info("Closing measurement file '%s'", output)
 
     def plot_fluctuations(self, output=None, skip=0):