diff --git a/matlab/ms-sbvar/cstz/csminwel.m b/matlab/ms-sbvar/cstz/csminwel.m
index e0d6f5ee71ab126f5e49c690267eaa28dc72eaf7..920e8f3f55f3c588db6db250f00ba057017e2a7e 100644
--- a/matlab/ms-sbvar/cstz/csminwel.m
+++ b/matlab/ms-sbvar/cstz/csminwel.m
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ while ~done
          end
          wall1=badg1;
          % g1
-         save g1 g1 x1 f1 varargin;
+         save g1.mat g1 x1 f1 varargin;
          %ARGLIST
          %save g1 g1 x1 f1 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13;
       end
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ while ~done
                wall2=badg2;
                % g2
                if dispIndx, badg2, end
-               save g2 g2 x2 f2 varargin
+               save g2.mat g2 x2 f2 varargin
                %ARGLIST
                %save g2 g2 x2 f2 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13;
             end
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ while ~done
                      wall3=badg3;
                      % g3
                      if dispIndx, badg3, end
-                     save g3 g3 x3 f3 varargin;
+                     save g3.mat g3 x3 f3 varargin;
                      %ARGLIST
                      %save g3 g3 x3 f3 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13;
                   end
diff --git a/matlab/ms-sbvar/dyn_save_graph.m b/matlab/ms-sbvar/dyn_save_graph.m
index d0e4a55e3d4b386ee2a6fdc89403ce6acd55cb96..1fcc0652731ece5e1b613773a0049eaf9fcdea78 100644
--- a/matlab/ms-sbvar/dyn_save_graph.m
+++ b/matlab/ms-sbvar/dyn_save_graph.m
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function dyn_save_graph(dirname,graph_name,graph_formats,TeX,names,texnames,capt
     end
     
     if graph_formats.eps || TeX
-        print(graph_name,'-depsc2');
+        print([ graph_name '.eps' ],'-depsc2');
     end
     if graph_formats.pdf && ~exist(OCTAVE_VERSION)
         print(graph_name,'-dpdf');
diff --git a/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart2.m b/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart2.m
index bca7b5085ae5d802801c8dbde21f3789769e5b2c..14bcab8e38076de6263faabf33c41bc884124ea1 100644
--- a/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart2.m
+++ b/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart2.m
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ if options_.ms.indxestima
          itct
          fcount
          retcodehat
-         save outm xhat A0hat A0hatinv grad fhat itct itct fcount retcodehat
+         save outm.mat xhat A0hat A0hatinv grad fhat itct itct fcount retcodehat
       end
    else
       %*** Obtain the posterior matrices for estimation and inference
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ if options_.ms.indxestima
          itct
          fcount
          retcodehat
-         save outm xhat A0hat A0hatinv grad fhat itct itct fcount retcodehat
+         save outm.mat xhat A0hat A0hatinv grad fhat itct itct fcount retcodehat
       end
    end
 
@@ -787,4 +787,4 @@ bhat =xhat;
 n0const=n0;  % For constant parameter models.
 n0const=n0;  % For constant parameter models.
 npconst=np;  % For constant parameter models.
-save outdata_a0dp_const A0hat bhat Aphat n0const
+save outdata_a0dp_const.mat A0hat bhat Aphat n0const