diff --git a/GPU/GPUTracking/qa/genEvents.cxx b/GPU/GPUTracking/qa/genEvents.cxx
index 5af7698fdb4dc..a47a9466e3326 100644
--- a/GPU/GPUTracking/qa/genEvents.cxx
+++ b/GPU/GPUTracking/qa/genEvents.cxx
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ void genEvents::RunEventGenerator(GPUChainTracking* rec, const std::string& dir)
 {
   std::unique_ptr<genEvents> gen(new genEvents(rec));
   mkdir(dir.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
-  rec->DumpSettings(dir.c_str());
+  rec->rec()->DumpSettings(dir.c_str()); // the chain's own override does not write settings.dump
 
   gen->InitEventGenerator();