diff --git a/src/pyedb/dotnet/edb.py b/src/pyedb/dotnet/edb.py
index 56d56777b9..9e496f1165 100644
--- a/src/pyedb/dotnet/edb.py
+++ b/src/pyedb/dotnet/edb.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def __init__(
             if not isreadonly:
                 self._check_remove_project_files(edbpath, remove_existing_aedt)
 
-        elif edbpath[-3:] in ["brd", "mcm", "sip", "gds", "xml", "dxf", "tgz", "anf"]:
+        if edbpath[-3:] in ["brd", "mcm", "sip", "gds", "xml", "dxf", "tgz", "anf"]:
             self.edbpath = edbpath[:-4] + ".aedb"
             working_dir = os.path.dirname(edbpath)
             control_file = None