diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 309370f..f0a2b97 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 2.1 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- The remote didn't work for the outfile if you used port forwarding
+  from localhost.
 
 
 2.0 (2023-10-19)
diff --git a/src/unoserver/client.py b/src/unoserver/client.py
index c9b90ef..4ed9a92 100644
--- a/src/unoserver/client.py
+++ b/src/unoserver/client.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def convert(
             result = proxy.convert(
                 inpath,
                 indata,
-                outpath if self.server in ("127.0.0.1", "localhost") else None,
+                None if self.remote else outpath,
                 convert_to,
                 filtername,
                 filter_options,