diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
index 50ad65c2d..b2fb063eb 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ class Pages
                     if ($found->isDir()) {
                         continue;
                     }
-                    $regex = '/' . preg_quote($extension) . '$/';
+                    $regex = '/^[^\.]*' . preg_quote($extension) . '$/';
                     if (preg_match($regex, $found->getFilename())) {
                         $page_found = $found;
                         $page_extension = $extension;