diff --git a/src/lib/src/Path.cc b/src/lib/src/Path.cc
index 32c62b1..970f116 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/Path.cc
+++ b/src/lib/src/Path.cc
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ namespace jes
             }
             i--;
         }
-        if (new_ext[0] == '.')
+        if (new_ext.size() == 0)
+        {
+            return new Path(std::string(m_path, 0, i));
+        }
+        else if (new_ext[0] == '.')
         {
             return new Path(std::string(m_path, 0, i) + new_ext);
         }
diff --git a/test/src/test_Path.cc b/test/src/test_Path.cc
index fcc7752..9cff6ea 100644
--- a/test/src/test_Path.cc
+++ b/test/src/test_Path.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ TEST(PathTest, ext)
     EXPECT_EQ("file.h", Path("file.c").ext("h")->to_s());
     EXPECT_EQ("/some/crazy/dir/foo.txt", Path("/some/crazy/dir/foo").ext(".txt")->to_s());
     EXPECT_EQ("/some/crazy/dir/foo.txt", Path("/some/crazy/dir/foo").ext("txt")->to_s());
+    EXPECT_EQ("C:/baz", Path("C:\\baz.xyz").ext("")->to_s());
 }
 
 TEST(PathTest, exists)