diff --git a/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/uploads.cr b/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/uploads.cr
index 70e1218a..2fbaeecc 100644
--- a/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/uploads.cr
+++ b/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/uploads.cr
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ module PlaceOS::Api
     end
 
     def allowed?(file_name, file_mime)
-      storage.check_file_ext(File.extname(file_name))
+      storage.check_file_ext(File.extname(file_name)[1..])
       if mime = file_mime
         storage.check_file_mime(mime)
       end