diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
index 7d29ce9bd..6a10a56ce 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
@@ -583,9 +583,10 @@ sub fixUrl {
 	}
 
 	# remove multiple extensions from the url if there are some
-	while ($url =~ m{^(.*)\.\w+(/.*)$}) {
- 		$url =~ s{^(.*)\.\w+(/.*)$}{$1$2}ig;
-	}
+    $url =~ s{
+                (\.\w+)* # Strip off any number of extensions
+                (?=/)    # Followed by a slash
+            }{}xg;       # And delete all of them in the string
 
 	# add automatic extension if we're supposed to
 	if ($self->session->setting->get("urlExtension") ne "" #don't add an extension if one isn't set
diff --git a/t/Asset/Asset.t b/t/Asset/Asset.t
index a18724547..614b370c9 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Asset.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Asset.t
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use WebGUI::Session;
 use WebGUI::Asset;
 use WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Navigation;
 
-use Test::More tests => 37; # increment this value for each test you create
+use Test::More tests => 40; # increment this value for each test you create
 use Test::MockObject;
 
 my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ is($importNode->fixUrl('/extras1'), '_extras1', 'trailing underscore in extrasUR
 $session->config->set('extrasURL',  'http://mysite.com/extras2');
 is($importNode->fixUrl('/extras2'), '_extras2', 'underscore prepended to URLs that match the extrasURL, even with http://');
 
+##Now, check extension removal
+
+is($importNode->fixUrl('one.html/two.html'), 'one/two.html', 'extensions are not allowed higher up in the path');
+is($importNode->fixUrl('one.html/two.html/three.html'), 'one/two/three.html', 'extensions are not allowed anywhere in the path');
+is($importNode->fixUrl('one.one.html/two.html/three.html'), 'one/two/three.html', 'multiple dot extensions are removed in any path element');
+
 $session->setting->set('urlExtension', 'html');
 
 END: {