diff --git a/next/next.go b/next/next.go
index 8877484..a80ec39 100644
--- a/next/next.go
+++ b/next/next.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const (
 	NEXT_NUM_ERROR = "failed to find number in last file"
 )
 
-const FILE_REGEXP = `(?m)^([0-9]+)\.[^\.]*\.*md$`
+const FILE_REGEXP = `(?m)^([0-9]+)\..*\.md$`
 
 // TODO: consider supporting a config file, since my preference for dots here is not precisely ISO8601.
 const DATE_FORMAT = "2006.01.02"