diff --git a/labelImg.py b/labelImg.py
index e926866c..e1c7d993 100755
--- a/labelImg.py
+++ b/labelImg.py
@@ -706,8 +706,9 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, WindowMixin):
             ## Label xml file and show bound box according to its filename
             if self.usingPascalVocFormat is True and \
                     self.defaultSaveDir is not None:
-                    basename = os.path.basename(self.filename).split('.')[:-1][0]
+                    basename = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(self.filename)[0])
                     xmlPath = os.path.join(self.defaultSaveDir, basename + '.xml')
+                    print xmlPath
                     self.loadPascalXMLByFilename(xmlPath)
 
             return True
@@ -1039,6 +1040,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, WindowMixin):
         if self.filename is None:
             return
         if os.path.exists(filename) is False:
+            print filename + ': xml not exist'
             return
 
         tVocParseReader = PascalVocReader(filename)