diff --git a/interface/src/ui/AssetUploadDialogFactory.cpp b/interface/src/ui/AssetUploadDialogFactory.cpp
index 6edf71e758..3073171563 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/AssetUploadDialogFactory.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/AssetUploadDialogFactory.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void AssetUploadDialogFactory::handleUploadFinished(AssetUpload* upload, const Q
         // setup the line edit to hold the copiable text
         QLineEdit* lineEdit = new QLineEdit;
        
-        QString atpURL = QString("%1://%2").arg(ATP_SCHEME).arg(hash);
+        QString atpURL = QString("%1://%2.%3").arg(ATP_SCHEME).arg(hash).arg(upload->getExtension);
         
         // set the ATP URL as the text value so it's copiable
         lineEdit->insert(atpURL);
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.cpp
index b7c1fa1c34..c9f5b804d4 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.cpp
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ void AssetUpload::start() {
     if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
         
         // file opened, read the data and grab the extension
-        auto extension = QFileInfo(_filename).suffix();
+        _extension = QFileInfo(_filename).suffix();
         
         auto data = file.readAll();
         
         // ask the AssetClient to upload the asset and emit the proper signals from the passed callback
         auto assetClient = DependencyManager::get<AssetClient>();
         
-        assetClient->uploadAsset(data, extension, [this](bool success, QString hash){
+        assetClient->uploadAsset(data, _extension, [this](bool success, QString hash){
             if (success) {
                 // successful upload - emit finished with a point to ourselves and the resulting hash
                 _result = Success;
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.h b/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.h
index c969e4373e..f55f4f9b71 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetUpload.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE void start();
     
     const QString& getFilename() const { return _filename; }
+    const QString& getExtension() const  { return _extension; }
     const Result& getResult() const { return _result; }
     
 signals:
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ signals:
     
 private:
     QString _filename;
+    QString _extension;
     Result _result;
 };