diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/foamyHexMeshDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/foamyHexMeshDict
index 9d2a4ad253..495972b57c 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/foamyHexMeshDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/foamyHexMeshDict
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ FoamFile
     version         2.0;
     format          ascii;
     class           dictionary;
+    location        "system";
     object          foamyHexMeshDict;
 }
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