diff --git a/QtPyLoT.py b/QtPyLoT.py
index 51e3dd93..8fa3baa3 100755
--- a/QtPyLoT.py
+++ b/QtPyLoT.py
@@ -979,7 +979,6 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
 
             if not exform and selected_filter or not exform in OUTPUTFORMATS:
                 exform = selected_filter.split('*')[1][:-1]
-            if not exform in OUTPUTFORMATS:
                 return fname, exform
             return fbasename, exform