diff --git a/CLTool/src/tc.cpp b/CLTool/src/tc.cpp
index bff90f2..fcd38aa 100644
--- a/CLTool/src/tc.cpp
+++ b/CLTool/src/tc.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void ExtractBasename(const char *filename, char *buf, size_t bufSz) {
   size_t len = strlen(filename);
   const char *end = filename + len;
   const char *ext = end;
-  const char *base = NULL;
+  const char *base = filename;
   while(--end != filename && !base) {
     if(*end == '.') {
       ext = end;
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@ void ExtractBasename(const char *filename, char *buf, size_t bufSz) {
     }
   }
 
-  if(!base) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "Filename (%s) has no extension, we don't know how to deal with it!\n", filename);
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
   size_t numChars = ext - base + 1;
   size_t toCopy = ::std::min(numChars, bufSz);
   memcpy(buf, base, toCopy);