diff --git a/whisper/utils.py b/whisper/utils.py
index 7712d31..490bdd1 100644
--- a/whisper/utils.py
+++ b/whisper/utils.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class ResultWriter:
 
     def __call__(self, result: dict, audio_path: str):
         audio_basename = os.path.basename(audio_path)
+        audio_basename = os.path.splitext(audio_basename)[0]
         output_path = os.path.join(
             self.output_dir, audio_basename + "." + self.extension
         )