diff --git a/DynamicModel.cc b/DynamicModel.cc
index 06b16504..bcd5ab84 100644
--- a/DynamicModel.cc
+++ b/DynamicModel.cc
@@ -2934,8 +2934,15 @@ DynamicModel::writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool block_de
     }
 
   // Writing initialization for some other variables
-  output << modstruct << "exo_names_orig_ord = [1:" << symbol_table.exo_nbr() << "];" << endl
-         << modstruct << "maximum_lag = " << max_lag << ";" << endl
+  if (!julia)
+    {
+      output << modstruct << "exo_names_orig_ord = [1:" << symbol_table.exo_nbr() << "];" << endl ;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      output << modstruct << "exo_names_orig_ord = collect(1:" << symbol_table.exo_nbr() << ");" << endl ;
+    }
+  output << modstruct << "maximum_lag = " << max_lag << ";" << endl
          << modstruct << "maximum_lead = " << max_lead << ";" << endl;
 
   output << modstruct << "maximum_endo_lag = " << max_endo_lag << ";" << endl