diff --git a/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js b/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
index b455b55850..056ca44e0c 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ module.exports = class CompileTab {
     self._deps.editor.clearAnnotations()
     var currentFile = self._deps.config.get('currentFile')
     if (currentFile) {
-      if (/.(.sol)$/.exec(currentFile)) {
+      if (/\.sol$/.exec(currentFile)) {
         // only compile *.sol file.
         var target = currentFile
         var sources = {}