diff --git a/geval.cabal b/geval.cabal
index ab97d77..8b4c42a 100644
--- a/geval.cabal
+++ b/geval.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                geval
-version:             1.1.0.0
+version:             1.1.1.0
 synopsis:            Machine learning evaluation tools
 description:         Please see README.md
 homepage:            http://github.com/name/project
diff --git a/src/GEval/Core.hs b/src/GEval/Core.hs
index b8eb791..c12d07c 100644
--- a/src/GEval/Core.hs
+++ b/src/GEval/Core.hs
@@ -336,9 +336,13 @@ checkAndGetFiles forceInput gevalSpec = do
 
 checkMultipleOuts :: GEvalSpecification -> IO (Maybe [FilePath])
 checkMultipleOuts gevalSpec = do
-  isSimpleOutThere <- D.doesFileExist (outTestDirectory </> outFile)
+  -- if the out.tsv is there, just use it
+  outFilePath <- lookForCompressedFiles (outTestDirectory </> outFile)
+  isSimpleOutThere <- D.doesFileExist outFilePath
+
   let patterns = Prelude.map (\ext -> compile ("out-*.tsv" ++ ext)) ["", ".gz", ".bz2", ".xz"]
   multipleOuts <- Prelude.concat <$> globDir patterns outTestDirectory
+
   if outFile == "out.tsv" && not isSimpleOutThere && multipleOuts /= []
     then
       return $ Just multipleOuts