diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 7c65f18..783f0d3 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def provide_patches(dir_img, dir_seg, dir_flow_train_imgs,
 
     indexer = 0
     for im, seg_i in tqdm(zip(imgs_cv_train, segs_cv_train)):
-        img_name = im.split('.')[0]
+        img_name = os.path.splitext(im)[0]
         if not patches:
             cv2.imwrite(dir_flow_train_imgs + '/img_' + str(indexer) + '.png',
                         resize_image(cv2.imread(dir_img + '/' + im), input_height, input_width))