diff --git a/jupyter_server/serverapp.py b/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
index 3089465886..9335f239c3 100755
--- a/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ def _valdate_ip(self, proposal):
 
     @default('cookie_secret_file')
     def _default_cookie_secret_file(self):
-        return os.path.join(self.runtime_dir, 'jupytr_cookie_secret')
+        return os.path.join(self.runtime_dir, 'jupyter_cookie_secret')
 
     cookie_secret = Bytes(b'', config=True,
         help="""The random bytes used to secure cookies.