1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libmat2/abstract.py b/libmat2/abstract.py
index aaf00d7..a7c5fa5 100644
--- a/libmat2/abstract.py
+++ b/libmat2/abstract.py
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class AbstractParser(abc.ABC):
 
         self.filename = filename
         fname, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
+
+        # Special case for tar.gz, tar.bz2, … files
+        if fname.endswith('.tar') and len(fname) > 4:
+            fname, extension = fname[:-4], '.tar' + extension
+
         self.output_filename = fname + '.cleaned' + extension
         self.lightweight_cleaning = False