diff --git a/processing/pre/seeds_fromDistribution.py b/processing/pre/seeds_fromDistribution.py
index 93dcb4509..97ee5b914 100755
--- a/processing/pre/seeds_fromDistribution.py
+++ b/processing/pre/seeds_fromDistribution.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from cStringIO import StringIO
 import damask
 
 scriptID   = string.replace('$Id$','\n','\\n')
-scriptName = scriptID.split()[1][:-3]
+scriptName = os.path.splitext(scriptID.split()[1])[0]
 mismatch = None
 currentSeedsName = None