diff --git a/server_test.go b/server_test.go
index e653dec..374f229 100644
--- a/server_test.go
+++ b/server_test.go
@@ -887,6 +887,24 @@ func TestPutAndSpecificDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExtension(t *testing.T) {
+	barename, extension := barePlusExt("test.jpg.gz")
+	if barename != "testjpg" {
+		t.Fatal("Barename was not testjpg, but " + barename)
+	}
+	if extension != "gz" {
+		t.Fatal("Extension was not gz, but " + extension)
+	}
+
+	barename, extension = barePlusExt("test.tar.gz")
+	if barename != "test" {
+		t.Fatal("Barename was not test, but " + barename)
+	}
+	if extension != "tar.gz" {
+		t.Fatal("Extension was not tar.gz, but " + extension)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 	os.RemoveAll(Config.filesDir)
 	os.RemoveAll(Config.metaDir)
diff --git a/upload.go b/upload.go
index 33efd87..2fd4ec3 100644
--- a/upload.go
+++ b/upload.go
@@ -322,20 +322,35 @@ func generateJSONresponse(upload Upload) []byte {
 	return js
 }
 
-var barePlusRe = regexp.MustCompile(`[^A-Za-z0-9\-]`)
+var bareRe = regexp.MustCompile(`[^A-Za-z0-9\-]`)
+var extRe = regexp.MustCompile(`[^A-Za-z0-9\-\.]`)
+var compressedExts = map[string]bool{
+	".bz2": true,
+	".gz":  true,
+	".xz":  true,
+}
+var archiveExts = map[string]bool{
+	".tar": true,
+}
 
 func barePlusExt(filename string) (barename, extension string) {
-
 	filename = strings.TrimSpace(filename)
 	filename = strings.ToLower(filename)
 
 	extension = path.Ext(filename)
 	barename = filename[:len(filename)-len(extension)]
+	if compressedExts[extension] {
+		ext2 := path.Ext(barename)
+		if archiveExts[ext2] {
+			barename = barename[:len(barename)-len(ext2)]
+			extension = ext2 + extension
+		}
+	}
 
-	extension = barePlusRe.ReplaceAllString(extension, "")
-	barename = barePlusRe.ReplaceAllString(barename, "")
+	extension = extRe.ReplaceAllString(extension, "")
+	barename = bareRe.ReplaceAllString(barename, "")
 
-	extension = strings.Trim(extension, "-")
+	extension = strings.Trim(extension, "-.")
 	barename = strings.Trim(barename, "-")
 
 	return