diff --git a/alphadia/constants/default.yaml b/alphadia/constants/default.yaml
index 948524d3..034a30f3 100644
--- a/alphadia/constants/default.yaml
+++ b/alphadia/constants/default.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ general:
   wsl: false
   mmap_detector_events: false
   use_gpu: true
+  # whether to save the (MBR) library to the output directory
+  save_library: True
+  save_mbr_library: True
 
 library_loading:
   rt_heuristic: 180
@@ -185,9 +188,6 @@ search_output:
   normalize_lfq: True
   # can be either "parquet" or "tsv"
   file_format: "tsv"
-  # whether to save the (MBR) library to the output directory
-  save_library: True
-  save_mbr_library: True
 
 # configuration for the optimization manager
 # initial parameters, will nbe optimized