diff --git a/component-library/filter/filter.cwl b/component-library/filter/filter.cwl
index 5f3105e0..393e9757 100644
--- a/component-library/filter/filter.cwl
+++ b/component-library/filter/filter.cwl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ baseCommand: "claimed"
 inputs:
   component:
     type: string
-    default: romeokienzler/claimed-filter:0.1
+    default: romeokienzler/claimed-filter:0.5
     inputBinding:
       position: 1
       prefix: --component
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ inputs:
     inputBinding:
       position: 4
       prefix: --file_name
+  output_file_name:
+    type: string
+    default: None
+    inputBinding:
+      position: 5
+      prefix: --output_file_name
 
 
 outputs: []
diff --git a/component-library/filter/filter.ipynb b/component-library/filter/filter.ipynb
index cb1958e6..7c0cfefd 100644
--- a/component-library/filter/filter.ipynb
+++ b/component-library/filter/filter.ipynb
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@
     "predicate = os.environ.get('predicate')\n",
     "\n",
     "# file name / path of the CSV file to read\n",
-    "file_name = os.environ.get('file_name')"
+    "file_name = os.environ.get('file_name')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# output file name / path of the CSV file to write\n",
+    "output_file_name = os.environ.get('output_file_name')"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "logging.debug('Opening file...')\n",
     "df = pd.read_csv(file_name)"
    ]
   },
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "logging.debug('Filtering...')\n",
     "exec('df = df[' + predicate + ']')"
    ]
   },
@@ -79,7 +84,9 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "df.to_csv(file_name, index=False)"
+    "logging.debug('Writing file...')\n",
+    "df.to_csv(output_file_name, index=False)\n",
+    "logging.debug('Done')"
    ]
   }
  ],
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.8.6"
+   "version": "3.10.12"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/component-library/filter/filter.job.yaml b/component-library/filter/filter.job.yaml
index 31862b36..c57df545 100644
--- a/component-library/filter/filter.job.yaml
+++ b/component-library/filter/filter.job.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: filter
-        image: romeokienzler/claimed-filter:0.1
+        image: romeokienzler/claimed-filter:0.5
         workingDir: /opt/app-root/src/
         command: ["/opt/app-root/bin/ipython","filter.py"]
         env:
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ spec:
           value: value_of_predicate
         - name: file_name
           value: value_of_file_name
+        - name: output_file_name
+          value: value_of_output_file_name
       restartPolicy: OnFailure
       imagePullSecrets:
         - name: image_pull_secret
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/component-library/filter/filter.yaml b/component-library/filter/filter.yaml
index 4a3080da..8e38ba7f 100644
--- a/component-library/filter/filter.yaml
+++ b/component-library/filter/filter.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-name: file_name
+name: output_file_name
 description: "# filter Filters rows based on predicate on pandas data frame Example 'predicate=~metadata.filename.str.contains('.gz') ' => filters all rows where column 'filename' contains '.gz' – CLAIMED V0.1"
 
 inputs:
 - {name: log_level, type: String, description: "update log level", default: "INFO"}
 - {name: predicate, type: String, description: "predicate (as described in documentation of the component)"}
 - {name: file_name, type: String, description: "file name / path of the CSV file to read"}
+- {name: output_file_name, type: String, description: "output file name / path of the CSV file to write"}
 
 
 outputs:
@@ -12,12 +13,13 @@ outputs:
 
 implementation:
     container:
-        image: romeokienzler/claimed-file_name:0.1
+        image: romeokienzler/claimed-output_file_name:0.5
         command:
         - sh
         - -ec
         - |
-          ipython ./filter.py log_level="${0}" predicate="${1}" file_name="${2}" 
+          ipython ./filter.py log_level="${0}" predicate="${1}" file_name="${2}" output_file_name="${3}" 
         - {inputValue: log_level}
         - {inputValue: predicate}
         - {inputValue: file_name}
+        - {inputValue: output_file_name}