diff --git a/orgnote/__init__.py b/orgnote/__init__.py
index 37a8ca7..cf83091 100644
--- a/orgnote/__init__.py
+++ b/orgnote/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.1"
 
 def main():
     import orgnote.__main__
diff --git a/orgnote/parser.py b/orgnote/parser.py
index f78cdc8..4845b42 100755
--- a/orgnote/parser.py
+++ b/orgnote/parser.py
@@ -947,7 +947,9 @@ def do_publish(self,notename=""):
         import os.path
         publish_list = self.dirs[0]
         nopublish_list = self.dirs[1]
-        notename = os.path.basename(notename).strip(".org").strip(".html")
+
+        notename = os.path.basename(notename).replace(".org","").replace(".html","")
+
         publish_line = util.publish_note(notename)
 
         nopublish_data = open(nopublish_list,"r").readlines()