diff --git a/labelImg.py b/labelImg.py
index e926866c..a6516971 100755
--- a/labelImg.py
+++ b/labelImg.py
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ 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')
                     self.loadPascalXMLByFilename(xmlPath)