diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java
index f8f97d1399..2a70ecc7af 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public abstract class JavaPlugin implements Plugin {
      */
     public Configuration getConfiguration() {
         Configuration config =
-                new Configuration(new File(dataFolder, "config.yaml"));
+                new Configuration(new File(dataFolder, "config.yml"));
         config.load();
         return config;
     }