diff --git a/cellacdc/__init__.py b/cellacdc/__init__.py
index 98fa5184..aa32f5e6 100755
--- a/cellacdc/__init__.py
+++ b/cellacdc/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 import pathlib
 import numpy as np
 
+KNOWN_EXTENSIONS = (
+    '.tif', '.npz', '.npy', '.h5', '.json', '.csv', '.txt'
+)
+
 def user_data_dir():
     r"""
     Get OS specific data directory path for Cell-ACDC.
diff --git a/cellacdc/load.py b/cellacdc/load.py
index da08968a..6e63a5bc 100755
--- a/cellacdc/load.py
+++ b/cellacdc/load.py
@@ -797,12 +797,23 @@ def get_endnames_from_basename(basename, filenames):
     return [os.path.splitext(f)[0][len(basename):] for f in filenames]
 
 def get_path_from_endname(end_name, images_path):
+    end_name, ext = myutils.remove_known_extension(end_name)
+    basename = os.path.commonprefix(myutils.listdir(images_path))
+    searched_file = f'{basename}{end_name}{ext}'
+    for file in myutils.listdir(images_path):
+        filename, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
+        if file == searched_file:
+            return os.path.join(images_path, file), file
+        elif filename == searched_file:
+            return os.path.join(images_path, file), file
+    
     for file in myutils.listdir(images_path):
         filename, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
         if file.endswith(end_name):
             return os.path.join(images_path, file), file
         elif filename.endswith(end_name):
             return os.path.join(images_path, file), file
+    
     return '', ''
 
 def pd_int_to_bool(acdc_df, colsToCast=None):
diff --git a/cellacdc/myutils.py b/cellacdc/myutils.py
index 124fa1f8..b4199077 100644
--- a/cellacdc/myutils.py
+++ b/cellacdc/myutils.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import skimage.io
 import skimage.measure
 
-from . import GUI_INSTALLED
+from . import GUI_INSTALLED, KNOWN_EXTENSIONS
 
 if GUI_INSTALLED:
     from qtpy.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ def get_salute_string():
     else:
         return 'Have a good night!'
 
+def remove_known_extension(name):
+    for ext in KNOWN_EXTENSIONS:
+        if name.endswith(ext):
+            return name[:-len(ext)], ext
+
+    return name, ''
+    
 def getCustomAnnotTooltip(annotState):
     toolTip = (
         f'Name: {annotState["name"]}\n\n'