diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 7719a5e255..34452eb8ce 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
             "viewTransform": "sRGB gamma"
         }
     },
-    "mel_workspace": "workspace -fr \"shaders\" \"renderData/shaders\";\nworkspace -fr \"images\" \"renders/maya\";\nworkspace -fr \"particles\" \"particles\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaAscii\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaBinary\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"scene\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"alembicCache\" \"cache/alembic\";\nworkspace -fr \"renderData\" \"renderData\";\nworkspace -fr \"sourceImages\" \"sourceimages\";\nworkspace -fr \"fileCache\" \"cache/nCache\";\n",
+    "mel_workspace": "workspace -fr \"shaders\" \"renderData/shaders\";\nworkspace -fr \"images\" \"renders/maya\";\nworkspace -fr \"particles\" \"particles\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaAscii\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaBinary\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"scene\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"alembicCache\" \"cache/alembic\";\nworkspace -fr \"renderData\" \"renderData\";\nworkspace -fr \"sourceImages\" \"sourceimages\";\nworkspace -fr \"fileCache\" \"cache/nCache\";\nworkspace -fr \"autoSave\" \"autosave\";",
     "ext_mapping": {
         "model": "ma",
         "mayaAscii": "ma",