diff --git a/Modules/SceneSerialization/BaseDataSerializer/mitkImageSerializer.cpp b/Modules/SceneSerialization/BaseDataSerializer/mitkImageSerializer.cpp
index c51270e84e..989241ddd3 100644
--- a/Modules/SceneSerialization/BaseDataSerializer/mitkImageSerializer.cpp
+++ b/Modules/SceneSerialization/BaseDataSerializer/mitkImageSerializer.cpp
@@ -1,71 +1,72 @@
 /*=========================================================================
  
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision: 1.12 $
  
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
  
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
  
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkImageSerializer.h"
 
 #include "mitkImageWriter.h"
 #include <Poco/Path.h>
 
 MITK_REGISTER_SERIALIZER(ImageSerializer)
 
 mitk::ImageSerializer::ImageSerializer()
 {
 }
 
 mitk::ImageSerializer::~ImageSerializer()
 {
 }
 
 std::string mitk::ImageSerializer::Serialize()
 {
   const Image* image = dynamic_cast<const Image*>( m_Data.GetPointer() );
   if (!image)
   {
     MITK_ERROR << " Object at " << (const void*) this->m_Data
               << " is not an mitk::Image. Cannot serialize as image.";
     return "";
   }
 
   std::string filename( this->GetUniqueFilenameInWorkingDirectory() );
 std::cout << "creating file " << filename << " in " << m_WorkingDirectory << std::endl;
   filename += "_";
   filename += m_FilenameHint;
 
   std::string fullname(m_WorkingDirectory);
   fullname += Poco::Path::separator();
   fullname += filename;
 
   try
   {
     ImageWriter::Pointer writer = ImageWriter::New();
     writer->SetFileName( fullname );
     writer->SetExtension(".pic");
     writer->SetInput( const_cast<Image*>(image) ); // bad writer design??
     writer->Write();
     fullname = writer->GetFileName();
+    fullname.append(writer->GetFileExtension());
   }
   catch (std::exception& e)
   {
     MITK_ERROR << " Error serializing object at " << (const void*) this->m_Data
               << " to " 
               << fullname 
               << ": " 
               << e.what();
     return "";
   }
   return Poco::Path(fullname).getFileName();// + ".pic";
 }