diff --git a/src/malli/clj_kondo.cljc b/src/malli/clj_kondo.cljc
index 507a08331..4d4190cbc 100644
--- a/src/malli/clj_kondo.cljc
+++ b/src/malli/clj_kondo.cljc
@@ -162,12 +162,14 @@
      ([config]
       (save! config :clj))
      ([config key]
+      (save! config key nil))
+     ([config key options]
       (let [cfg-file (apply io/file (conj
-                                     (get config :clj-kondo-dir-path [])
+                                     (get options :clj-kondo-dir-path [])
                                      ".clj-kondo" "metosin" (str "malli-types-" (name key)) "config.edn"))]
         ;; delete the old file if exists (does not throw)
         (.delete (apply io/file (conj
-                                 (get config :clj-kondo-dir-path [])
+                                 (get options :clj-kondo-dir-path [])
                                  ".clj-kondo" "configs" "malli" "config.edn")))
         (io/make-parents cfg-file)
         (spit cfg-file (with-out-str (fipp/pprint config {:width 120})))
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@
 #?(:clj
    (defn emit!
      ([] (emit! {}))
-     ([options] (->> (collect) (linter-config) (merge options) (save!)) nil)))
+     ([options] (-> (collect) (linter-config) (save! :clj options)) nil)))
 
 (defn collect-cljs
   ([] (collect-cljs nil))
diff --git a/test/demo.clj b/test/demo.clj
index c1d00638c..914ba0a51 100644
--- a/test/demo.clj
+++ b/test/demo.clj
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@
              :city "Tampere"
              :zip 33100
              :lonlat [61.4858322, 23.7832851]}}))
+
diff --git a/test/malli/clj_kondo_test.cljc b/test/malli/clj_kondo_test.cljc
index ddb829cce..4c15c5c68 100644
--- a/test/malli/clj_kondo_test.cljc
+++ b/test/malli/clj_kondo_test.cljc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   (:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest is testing]]
             [malli.clj-kondo :as clj-kondo]
             [malli.core :as m]
+            #?@(:clj [[clojure.java.io :as io]
+                      [clojure.edn :as edn]])
             [malli.util :as mu]))
 
 (def Schema
@@ -155,3 +157,10 @@
   (testing "regular expressions"
     (is (= :string (clj-kondo/transform [:re "kikka"]))
         "the :re schema models a string, clj-kondo's :regex a Pattern object")))
+
+#?(:clj
+   (deftest fix-1083
+     (clj-kondo/emit! {:key "value"})
+     (let [data (edn/read-string (slurp (io/file ".clj-kondo/metosin/malli-types-clj/config.edn")))]
+       (is (map? data))
+       (is (= [:linters] (keys data))))))