diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Facilities.xml b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Facilities.xml
index 131b707cc11d639effca7777293a71d01a04d2dd..cf78a3f5f7456481782fcc4a33ae5901a2706028 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Facilities.xml
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Facilities.xml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
    
 </facility> 
 
-<facility name="SNS" delimiter="_" FileExtensions="_event.nxs,.nxs.h5,.nxs,.dat,_runinfo.xml,_histo.nxs">
+<facility name="SNS" delimiter="_" FileExtensions=".nxs.h5,_event.nxs,.nxs,.dat,_runinfo.xml,_histo.nxs">
 
    <archive>
       <archiveSearch plugin="SNSDataSearch" />