diff --git a/pyerrors/input/openQCD.py b/pyerrors/input/openQCD.py
index f32663fe..d4da549f 100644
--- a/pyerrors/input/openQCD.py
+++ b/pyerrors/input/openQCD.py
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ def read_rwms(path, prefix, version='2.0', names=None, **kwargs):
     if names is None:
         rep_names = []
         for entry in ls:
+            truncated_entry = entry
+            suffixes = [".dat", ".rwms", ".ms1"]
+            for suffix in suffixes:
+                if truncated_entry.endswith(suffix):
+                    truncated_entry = truncated_entry[0:-len(suffix)]
             truncated_entry = entry.split('.')[0]
             idx = truncated_entry.index('r')
             rep_names.append(truncated_entry[:idx] + '|' + truncated_entry[idx:])