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diff --git a/lib/python/milc.py b/lib/python/milc.py
index 36072ca764..949bb0252a 100644
--- a/lib/python/milc.py
+++ b/lib/python/milc.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class MILC(object):
 
         # Move the new config file into place atomically
         if os.path.getsize(tmpfile.name) > 0:
-            os.rename(tmpfile.name, str(self.config_file))
+            os.replace(tmpfile.name, str(self.config_file))
         else:
             self.log.warning('Config file saving failed, not replacing %s with %s.', str(self.config_file), tmpfile.name)