diff --git a/link-verifier/verify-links.py b/link-verifier/verify-links.py
index 0adfaa4..2d13d84 100755
--- a/link-verifier/verify-links.py
+++ b/link-verifier/verify-links.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def parse_file(html_file):
     return HtmlFile(html_file)
 
 def html_name_from_markdown(filename):
-    md_pattern = re.compile('\.md', re.IGNORECASE)
+    md_pattern = re.compile("\.md$", re.IGNORECASE)
     return md_pattern.sub('.html', filename)
 
 def create_html(markdown_file):