diff --git a/wagtail_wordpress_import/management/commands/reduce_xml.py b/wagtail_wordpress_import/management/commands/reduce_xml.py
index 96d37060..c4641566 100644
--- a/wagtail_wordpress_import/management/commands/reduce_xml.py
+++ b/wagtail_wordpress_import/management/commands/reduce_xml.py
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ def register_all_namespaces(filename):
     for ns in namespaces:
         ET.register_namespace(ns, namespaces[ns])
 
+def generate_stats_file(file_path, type_stats):
+    stats_filename = f"stats-{file_path.split('/')[-1]}.json"
+    f = open(stats_filename, "w")
+    f.write(json.dumps(type_stats, indent=2))
+    return stats_filename
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
 
@@ -106,11 +111,9 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         self.stdout.write(f"\n[{status_list}]")
 
         # stats to file
-        f = open(f"stats-{file_path}.json", "w")
-        f.write(json.dumps(type_stats, indent=2))
-
+        stats_filename = generate_stats_file(file_path, type_stats)
         self.stdout.write(
-            self.style.SUCCESS(f"\nStats file is here: stats-{file_path}.json")
+            self.style.SUCCESS(f"\nStats file is here: {stats_filename}")
         )
 
         self.stdout.write(
diff --git a/wagtail_wordpress_import/test/tests/test_commands.py b/wagtail_wordpress_import/test/tests/test_commands.py
index f4c2b864..d7cea98e 100644
--- a/wagtail_wordpress_import/test/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/wagtail_wordpress_import/test/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from django.core.management import CommandError, call_command
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from wagtail.core.models import Page
-from wagtail_wordpress_import.management.commands.reduce_xml import Command as ReduceCmd
+from wagtail_wordpress_import.management.commands.reduce_xml import Command as ReduceCmd, generate_stats_file
 from wagtail_wordpress_import.xml_boilerplate import (
     build_xml_stream,
     generate_temporary_file,
@@ -153,3 +153,10 @@ def test_get_xml_file(self):
             build_xml_stream(xml_tags_fragment="").read()
         )
         self.assertEqual(built_file, cmd.get_xml_file(built_file))
+
+    def test_xml_reduce_generate_stats(self):
+        stats_filename = generate_stats_file("/folder/test.xml", {})
+        self.assertEqual(stats_filename, "stats-test.xml.json")
+
+        stats_filename = generate_stats_file("test.xml", {})
+        self.assertEqual(stats_filename, "stats-test.xml.json")